Investigating the similarities and differences between front and back surface cooling for PV panels

Panda, Sampurna; Panda, Babita; Jena, Chitralekha; Nanda, Lipika; Pradhan, Arjyadhara

doi:10.1016/j.matpr.2022.08.424

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“…Therefore, plants like leaf vegetables or berries are preferable since they do well with less solar irradiation than grain crops like corn, rice, and wheat. Again, the crop selection is impacted by atmospheric conditions like sunlight, temperature, and wind speed [18].…”

Section: Foundations Of Agropv 31 Crop Selectionmentioning

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Combining solar panels with plants for sustainable energy and food production: state of the art

Panda,

Kumar,

Panda

et al. 2024

IJAPE

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The need for alternative energy sources becomes extensive because of the escalating cost of fossil fuels. The goal of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of combining photovoltaics and agriculture for better yield. Photovoltaic (PV) solar plants will compete with farms for available land. In this study, the methodologies are discussed how it is possible to maximize land utilization by placing solar arrays and food crops on the same plot of land. The term is proposed "agrivoltaic system" to describe this setup. Conventional solutions (discrimination of agricultural and energy extracting) were compared to two agrivoltaic schemes with varying density of PV arrays using land equivalent ratios. We utilized a crop model to simulate the amount of sunlight reaching the crop from an array of solar panels and to speculate on the yield reduction that would result from the partial shading. These early findings suggest that agrivoltaic systems may be highly effective; the two densities of PV panels were anticipated to boost worldwide land production by 73%. One possible explanation for the success of these hybrid systems is the presence of facilitation mechanisms analogous to those seen in agroforestry. At the end it is suggested that in places where arable land is rare, new solar plants may find it beneficial to produce both power and food.

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Section: Foundations Of Agropv 31 Crop Selectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Combining solar panels with plants for sustainable energy and food production: state of the art

Panda,

Kumar,

Panda

et al. 2024

IJAPE

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“…As an example, in [50], the maximum power generated decreased from 112.2 to 89.66 W when the ambient temperature increased from 0°C to 50°C at a solar radiation of 1000 W/m 2 based on the MATLAB simulation results. This necessitates the use of cooling mechanisms at high ambient temperatures to decrease the PV cell temperature and hence improve its efficiency [51][52][53][54][55][56]. The temperature contours depicted in Figure 8 show the effect of solar radiation and ambient temperature on the top glazing temperature of the mono-facial PV cell.…”

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Thermal comparison of mono-facial and bi-facial photovoltaic cells considering the effect of TPT layer absorptivity

Radwan

Mahmoud

Olabi

et al. 2023

International Journal of Thermofluids

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“…Some of the common techniques that have been investigated for cooling of PV panels include: water cooling (by flowing, immersion or spraying), use of phase change materials, natural air convection and forced air convection, use of heat exchangers, heat sink etc. [57][58][59][60][61]. The cleaning methods can be broadly grouped as active and passive cooling techniques.…”

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Enhancement of Ready-Made Silicon Photovoltaic Panels’ Field Performance - a Review

Ngwashi

Tsafack

2023

EPES

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Photovoltaic (PV) panels have attracted a lot of research interest in the past decade due to their clean and renewable character as an energy source. However, their intrinsic low conversion efficiency has been a major drawback, imposing the need for a huge initial cost of investment. Additionally, due to the low efficiency, PV system installations also require large surface area for panel installation. External factors such as temperature and soiling and shading further reduce the performance of the PV panels operation under real world conditions. Furthermore, the processes used in the fabrication of PV panels do not allow the improvement of panel efficiency once the fabrication is completed. Thus special techniques are required for the modulation of performance on the field. Thermal management schemes and cleaning techniques have been developed to alleviate this existential challenge. Additionally, PV panels operation in the field has been boosted via the improvement of the solar collection methods such as solar trackers, solar concentrators and panel tilt angle. This paper presents a critical comprehensive review of the different PV panel technologies and their field operation challenges as well as the strategies used to enhance the performance of silicon photovoltaic modules (the most attractive single junction PV panels in the market) under field conditions.

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Investigating the similarities and differences between front and back surface cooling for PV panels

Cited by 13 publications

References 9 publications

Combining solar panels with plants for sustainable energy and food production: state of the art

Combining solar panels with plants for sustainable energy and food production: state of the art

Thermal comparison of mono-facial and bi-facial photovoltaic cells considering the effect of TPT layer absorptivity

Enhancement of Ready-Made Silicon Photovoltaic Panels’ Field Performance - a Review

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