Energy performance of different silicon photovoltaic technologies under hot and harsh climate

The aim of this paper is to present three years of an evaluation of the performance and degradation rate of three different crystalline silicon-based photovoltaic (PV) modules in the Saharan environment. The PV modules are: mc-Si (multi-crystalline), c_Si (mono-crystalline, back contacted) and HiT (heterojunction with intrinsic thin-layer); they are installed in Saida which is located at the proximity of Algeria's Sahara. Two methods were used to calculate the degradation rate; the effective peak power of the PV modules and the temperature corrected performance ratio. It was found that the HIT technology performs worse than the other technologies with the highest degradation rate, ranging from −1.53%/year to −1.92%/year. The mc_Si PV and c_Si PV module technologies present a lower degradation rate than the HIT technology in the range of −0.74%/year to −0.83%/year and −0.58%/year to −0.79%/year respectively.

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“…Temperature losses can be an important factor of power losses in PV systems [27][28][29]. The temperature losses were calculated by using Eq.…”

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Evaluation of the performance and degradation of crystalline silicon-based photovoltaic modules in the Saharan environment

Silvestre

Tahri

et al. 2018

Energy

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“…Solar energy has the exclusive potential to generate electricity through Photovoltaic (PV) panels technology [24][25][26]. The capability of electricity generation from solar PV technology is versatile from milliwatt to gigawatt [27][28][29]. Additionally, solar PV technology can also be used with electric, hybrid and autonomous vehicles either directly integrating PV panel with these vehicles or indirectly through PV power station to recharge these vehicles.…”

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Integration of solar energy in electrical, hybrid, autonomous vehicles: a technological review

2019

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Conventional energy resources are depleting very fast and to meet the global energy demand, the scarcity of these resources is the most crucial factor in the present era. One of the major contributors to carbon emissions is transportation sector which survives mostly on conventional energy resources. In the Indian context, the transportation sector contributes about 18% of CO 2 emissions of total emissions. To decarbonize this sector, the vehicles utilizing renewable resources such as solar PV technology would be a sustainable step. Solar energy which is abundant in nature and present everywhere can prove to be a great alternative to conventional resources. In the present study, solar PV technology is integrated with electric and hybrid vehicles. Additional literature review of solar electric vehicles including three-wheeled as well as four-wheeled is carried out. Autonomous vehicles and robots utilizing PV technology are also studied and presented. Finally, the foremost barriers and challenges to adopting PV technology in electric and autonomous vehicles are identified and presented.

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“…They showed that a polycrystalline module is the most performing one followed respectively by amor-phous module, Heterojunction Incorporating thin [2] film module and monocrystalline module. Elsewhere, A. Tossa et al [3] showed that a micromorph module is best performing, followed by a monocrystalline module and a polycrystalline module from the same manufacturer. The less performing is a polycrystalline module from another manufacturer.…”

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Temperature impact on dusty and cleaned photovoltaic module exposed in sub-Saharan outdoor conditions

Kata¹,

Soro²,

Diouf³

et al. 2018

EPJ Photovoltaics

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In this work, impacts of temperature and dust cleaning on photovoltaic module performance operating in sub-Saharan's climate are investigated. Two single junction technologies, monocrystalline and polycrystalline silicon, and one micromorph (amorphous/micrystalline) thin film silicon tandem technology are considered. We have recorded at the same time under real operating conditions, the module temperature and the current versus voltage characteristics of each module, and the local solar irradiation. All the measurements were performed with the outdoor monitoring and test facility located at Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. The results show the drop of generated power of dusty modules for the same irradiation level. Between April and June (where temperatures are higher) a significant drop of output power is observed, despite a daily cleaning. Furthermore, performance losses are observed for all technologies compared to that under standard test conditions. However, the micromorph silicon tandem technology with low temperature sensitivity present the less losses in performance compared to the monocrystalline and the polycrystalline single junction modules, even if the modules are not cleaned.

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Energy performance of different silicon photovoltaic technologies under hot and harsh climate

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Evaluation of the performance and degradation of crystalline silicon-based photovoltaic modules in the Saharan environment

Evaluation of the performance and degradation of crystalline silicon-based photovoltaic modules in the Saharan environment

Integration of solar energy in electrical, hybrid, autonomous vehicles: a technological review

Temperature impact on dusty and cleaned photovoltaic module exposed in sub-Saharan outdoor conditions

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