Ambient temperature effect on Amorphous Silicon (A-Si) Photovoltaic module using sensing technology

• Main Authors: Islam, Syed Zahurul, Mariun, Norman, Othman, Mohammad Lutfi, Hizam, Hashim, Zainal Abidin, Izham, Toudeshki, Arash
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43099/1/Ambient%20temperature%20effect%20on%20Amorphous%20Silicon%20%28A-Si%29%20Photovoltaic%20module%20using%20sensing%20technology.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43099/

Temperature and solar irradiance are the two dominating cardinals that determine the electrical performance of Photovoltaic (PV) module. In this paper, an experiment is conducted considering Amorphous Silicon (A-Si) PV module in both indoor and outdoor condition to investigate the temperature effect on A-Si module's performance in terms of efficiency and output power through an automatic resistor selection system. The experimental result shows that A-Si PV module has small temperature coefficient effect; however it has higher effect on solar radiation coefficient. A comparison analysis is evaluated with different models to validate the experimental data.