Enhancing PV Cell's electrical efficiency using phase change material with copper foam matrix and multi-walled carbon nanotubes as passive cooling method
The performance of a photovoltaic panel in generating electricity is adversely affected by the increase in the photovoltaic cell's temperature. This paper proposed a passive cooling method using copper foam matrix in the photovoltaic panel's phase change material with multi-walled carbon n...
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my.utm.931802021-11-19T03:24:05Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/93180/ Enhancing PV Cell's electrical efficiency using phase change material with copper foam matrix and multi-walled carbon nanotubes as passive cooling method Abdulmunem, Abdulmunem R. Mohd. Samin, Pakharuddin Abdul Rahman, Hasimah Hussien, Hashim A. Mazali, Izhari Izmi TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering The performance of a photovoltaic panel in generating electricity is adversely affected by the increase in the photovoltaic cell's temperature. This paper proposed a passive cooling method using copper foam matrix in the photovoltaic panel's phase change material with multi-walled carbon nanotubes additives. An experiment was conducted to compare the performance of the photovoltaic panel using phase change material/copper foam matrix with 0.20% multi-walled carbon nanotubes against the photovoltaic panels with (1) no phase change material, (2) phase change material only, and (3) phase change material/copper foam matrix without multi-walled carbon nanotubes. The results show that against the panel with no phase change material method (1), the cell's temperature in the panel with phase change material/copper foam matrix and 0.20% multi-walled carbon nanotubes is reduced by 13.29% and its efficiency in generating electricity is increasing by 5.68%. Meanwhile method (2), the cell's temperature is reduced by 4.50% while the improvement of the efficiency is at 1.97%. Finally method (3), reduced cell temperature and increased in terms of efficiency by 10.43% and 4.5% respectively. As a conclusion, copper foam matrix with multi-walled carbon nanotubes has a potential to be used as a passive cooling method to regulate photovoltaic cell's temperature effectively. Elsevier Ltd. 2020-11 Article PeerReviewed Abdulmunem, Abdulmunem R. and Mohd. Samin, Pakharuddin and Abdul Rahman, Hasimah and Hussien, Hashim A. and Mazali, Izhari Izmi (2020) Enhancing PV Cell's electrical efficiency using phase change material with copper foam matrix and multi-walled carbon nanotubes as passive cooling method. Renewable Energy, 160 . pp. 663-675. ISSN 0960-1481 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.07.037 DOI:10.1016/j.renene.2020.07.037 |
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The performance of a photovoltaic panel in generating electricity is adversely affected by the increase in the photovoltaic cell's temperature. This paper proposed a passive cooling method using copper foam matrix in the photovoltaic panel's phase change material with multi-walled carbon nanotubes additives. An experiment was conducted to compare the performance of the photovoltaic panel using phase change material/copper foam matrix with 0.20% multi-walled carbon nanotubes against the photovoltaic panels with (1) no phase change material, (2) phase change material only, and (3) phase change material/copper foam matrix without multi-walled carbon nanotubes. The results show that against the panel with no phase change material method (1), the cell's temperature in the panel with phase change material/copper foam matrix and 0.20% multi-walled carbon nanotubes is reduced by 13.29% and its efficiency in generating electricity is increasing by 5.68%. Meanwhile method (2), the cell's temperature is reduced by 4.50% while the improvement of the efficiency is at 1.97%. Finally method (3), reduced cell temperature and increased in terms of efficiency by 10.43% and 4.5% respectively. As a conclusion, copper foam matrix with multi-walled carbon nanotubes has a potential to be used as a passive cooling method to regulate photovoltaic cell's temperature effectively. |
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