Sustainable passive cooling strategy for PV module: A comparative analysis

• Main Authors: Ramkiran, B., Sundarabalan CK, C. K., Sudhakar, K.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery; TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32417/1/Sustainable%20passive%20cooling%20strategy%20for%20PV%20module.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32417/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2021.101317; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2021.101317

This paper presents the experimental studies of different passive cooling techniques to analyze the electrical power improvement and temperature reduction of a 50 W polycrystalline PV module. Plant cooling, greenhouse cooling, greenhouse + plant cooling, coir pith, and phase change material cooling...