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ArticlePloS one2024

Experimental study on the various varieties of photovoltaic panels (PVs) cooling systems to increase their electrical efficiency.

Ali Basem, Azfarizal Mukhtar, Zakaria Mohamed Salem Elbarbary, Farruh Atamurotov, Natei Ermias Benti

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Article in PloS one, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Ali BasemAir Conditioning Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Warith Al-Anbiyaa University, Karbala, Iraq.
Azfarizal MukhtarInstitute of Sustainable Energy, Putrajaya Campus, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kajang, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-7792-0767
Zakaria Mohamed Salem ElbarbaryElectrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Farruh AtamurotovNew Uzbekistan University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Natei Ermias BentiComputational Data Science Program, College of Computational and Natural Science, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0002-1250-6944

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigates the impact of cooling methods on the electrical efficiency of photovoltaic panels (PVs). The efficiency of four cooling techniques is experimentally analyzed. The most effective approach is identified as water-spray cooling on the front surface of PVs, which increases efficiency by 3.9% compared to the case without cooling. The results show that water-spray cooling raises the PV's temperature to 41°C, while improving its average daytime efficiency to 22%. Air-cooling, water-cooling in the tubes behind the PV, and aluminum oxide-water nanofluid cooling in the tubes behind the PV improve efficiency by 1.1%, 1.9%, and 2.7%, respectively. The findings highlight the potential of water-spray cooling as a cost-effective and efficient method to enhance PV efficiency and contribute to the global effort towards renewable energy.

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Solar EnergyAluminum OxideCold TemperatureElectricityElectric Power SuppliesWaterAluminum OxideWater

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PMID39283907
PMCPMC11404811

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