Open Access

The Effect of Jet Impingement on the Performance of a Photovoltaic Module

Burak    MARKAL1*, Ramazan    VAROL2
1Recep Tayyip Erdogan University  , Rize  , Turkey  
2Recep Tayyip Erdogan University  , Rize  , Turkey  
* Corresponding author: burak.markal@erdogan.edu.tr

Presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Innovative Approaches in Scientific Studies (Engineering and Natural Sciences) (ISAS2019-ENS), Ankara, Turkey, Apr 19, 2019

SETSCI Conference Proceedings, 2019, 4, Page (s): 647-650

Published Date: 01 June 2019

The cell temperature of a photovoltaic (PV) module increases with increasing irradiation rate, and this increment adversely affects the output power or the electrical efficiency of the PV module. Therefore, in the present study, a series of experiments are performed to investigate the effect of cooling phenomenon on the performance of a PV module. To cool the module, an air impinging jet apparatus is installed at the back side of it. Experiments are performed at various values of flowrate (Q = 100, 200 and 300 LPM, liter per minute) and heat load (qL = 150, 300 and 450 W). A multiple jet configuration is designed with six nozzles, and the dimensionless nozzle-to-plate distance (H / D) is kept constant at 8. It is concluded that the average surface temperature of the PV module can be decreased up to nearly 61.5% and the output power of the PV module can be improved up to 13.2% through the impinging air jet.  

Keywords - Impinging Air jet, Photovoltaic Cell, Performance, Solar Energy, Flowrate

[1] S. Odeh and M. Behnia, “Improving photovoltaic module efficiency using water cooling,” Heat Transf. Eng., vol. 30:6, pp. 499−505, 2009.

[2] A. Shahsavar, M. Salmanzadeh, M. Ameri, and P. Talebizadeh, “Energy saving in buildings by using the exhaust and ventilation air for cooling of photovoltaic panels,” Energ. Buildings, vol. 43, pp. 2219–2226, 2011.

[3] H.G. Teo, P.S. Lee, and M.N.A. Hawlader, “An active cooling system for photovoltaic modules,” Appl. Energ., vol. 90, pp. 309–315, 2012.

[4] M. Rahimi, P. V. Sheyda, M.A. Parsamoghadam, M.M. Masahi, and A.A. Alsairafi, “Design of a self-adjusted jet impingement system for cooling of photovoltaic cells,” Energy Convers. Manage., vol. 83, pp. 48–57, 2014.

[5] N. Arcuri, F. Reda, and M.D. Simone, “Energy and thermo-fluiddynamics evaluations of photovoltaic panels cooled by water and air,” Solar Energy, vol. 105, pp. 147–156, 2014.

[6] M. Ebrahimi, M. Rahimi, and A. Rahimi, “An experimental study on using natural vaporization for cooling of a photovoltaic solar cell” Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transf., vol. 65, pp. 22–30, 2015.

[7] M.R. Salem, R.K. Ali, and K.M. Elshazly, “Experimental investigation of the performance of a hybrid photovoltaic/thermalsolar system using aluminium cooling plate with straight and helical channels,” Solar Energy, vol. 157, pp. 147–156, 2017.

[8] Y. Amanlou, T.T. Hashjin, B. Ghobadian, and G. Najafi, “Air cooling low concentrated photovoltaic/thermal (LCPV/T) solar collector to approach uniform temperature distribution on the PV plate,” Appl. Therm. Eng., vol. 141, pp. 413–421, 2018.

[9] D. Vittorini, and R. Cipollone, “Fin-cooled photovoltaic module modeling e Performances mapping and electric efficiency assessment under real operating conditions,” Energy, vol. 167, pp. 159−167, 2019.

[10] S. Fakouriyan, Y. Saboohi, and A. Fathi, “Experimental analysis of a cooling system effect on photovoltaic panels' efficiency and its preheating water production,” Renewable Energy, vol. 134, pp. 1362−1368, 2019.

0
Citations (Crossref)
361
Total Views
14
Total Downloads

Licence Creative Commons This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
SETSCI 2025
info@set-science.com
Copyright © 2025 SETECH
Tokat Technology Development Zone Gaziosmanpaşa University Taşlıçiftlik Campus, 60240 TOKAT-TÜRKİYE