Performance assessment and degradation analysis of solar photovoltaic technologies: A review

Kumar, Manish; Kumar, Arun

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2017.04.083

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“…It represents the energy losses such as loss due to temperature, wiring loss, shadowing, soiling, inverter, mismatch loss, and loss across the bypass diodes and shows the incomplete utilization of incoming solar radiation and proportion of energy available at the grid after losses in grid-connected PV systems. It is the most widely used performance parameter for comparative analysis of different PV panel technologies and is also used for comparing grid-connected PV systems irrespective of their location, power capacity, and mounting structure [24]. The main equation was used to investigate the PR as follows [25]:…”

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“…So if there are no extreme weather events in a year, the PR of the BIPV system could be higher than 65%. While considering the typical degradation rate of PV modules (equal to 1%-2%/year) [24], the average value of PR could be 60% according to the simulated data of the TRNSYS model during the BIPV system with an expected lifetime of 25 years. The reason for the low PR of the BIPV system is that the area of solar cells in a module was just 48.5% of the total area of a PV module; however, the solar irradiation H in (1) includes all solar irradiation received by a module.…”

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Grid-Connected Semitransparent Building-Integrated Photovoltaic System: The Comprehensive Case Study of the 120 kWp Plant in Kunming, China

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Hassanien

et al. 2018

International Journal of Photoenergy

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A 120 kWp building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) system was installed on the south facade of the Solar Energy Research Institute building in Yunnan Normal University. The area of the curtain wall was 1560 m 2 (26 m × 60 m), which consisted of 720 semitransparent monocrystalline silicon double-glazing PV panels. This paper studied the yearly and monthly variations of power generation in terms of solar data and meteorological parameters. The total amount of power generation of the BIPV system measured from October 2014 to September 2015 was 64.607 MWh, and the simulation results with TRNSYS (Transient Systems Simulation Program) provided the 75.515 MWh predicted value of annual electricity production with the meteorological database of Meteonorm, while, based on the average value of the performance ratio (PR) of 60% and the life cycle assessment (LCA) of the system, the energy payback time (EPBT) of 9.38 years and the potential for pollutant emission reductions have been evaluated and the environmental cost is RMB ¥0.01053 per kWh. Finally, an economic analysis was carried out; the net present value (NPV) and the economic payback time of the BIPV system were estimated to be RMB ¥359,347 and 15 years, respectively.

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Grid-Connected Semitransparent Building-Integrated Photovoltaic System: The Comprehensive Case Study of the 120 kWp Plant in Kunming, China

Wang

Hassanien

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International Journal of Photoenergy

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“…Kumar and Kumar performed a review on different PV technologies and also analyze the mathematical models broadly. Several standard parameters such as performance ratio, yield energy, reference energy, and capacity utilization factor were considered and different presented PV technologies were compared.…”

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Solar power technology for electricity generation: A critical review

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Ghazvini

Sadeghzadeh

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Energy Science & Engineering

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Negative environmental impact of fossil fuel consumption highlight the role of renewable energy sources and give them a unique opportunity to grow and improve. Among renewable energy sources solar energy attract more attention and many studies have focused on using solar energy for electricity generation. Here, in this study, solar energy technologies are reviewed to find out the best option for electricity generation. Using solar energy to generate electricity can be done either directly and indirectly. In the direct method, PV modules are utilized to convert solar irradiation into electricity. In the indirect method, thermal energy is harnessed employing concentrated solar power (CSP) plants such as Linear Fresnel collectors and parabolic trough collectors. In this paper, solar thermal technologies including soar trough collectors, linear Fresnel collectors, central tower systems, and solar parabolic dishes are comprehensively reviewed and barriers and opportunities are discussed. In addition, a comparison is made between solar thermal power plants and PV power generation plants. Based on published studies, PV‐based systems are more suitable for small‐scale power generation. They are also capable of generating more electricity in a specific area in comparison with CSP‐based systems. However, based on economic considerations, CSP plants are better in economic return.

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“…In recent years, several methods of estimating PV energy performance have been proposed, which include process-chain analysis, standard parameters, system dynamics model, Balance Scorecard, spatial planning, and performance simulation [1][2][3][4][5][6]. These methods consider different PV technological features together with the actual characteristics of the operating settings.…”

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Environmental Efficiency of Photovoltaic Power Plants in China—A Comparative Study of Different Economic Zones and Plant Types

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In this paper we study and compare the environmental efficiency of 118 photovoltaic (PV) plants in China. Drawing on the nonparametric data envelopment analysis (DEA) method, our study takes the initiative to take the insolation, annual sunshine duration, and covering area as input variables into account, as well as the installed capacity, annual electricity generation, CO2 emission reduction, and coal saving as output variables, to provide a unified measure of environmental efficiency of PV plants in China. We find widespread inefficiencies in roughly 95% of the PV plants, and the performance of different economic zones and types of PV plants are quite different. Specifically, those PV plants in eastern China are the least satisfying performers among three different economic zones. The surprising result indicates that eastern China has room for improvement by overcoming the inefficiencies caused by serious aerosol pollution and the high urbanization rate. We also find rooftop PV plants have the highest efficiencies among the four types of PV plants due to very little power loss. However, complementary PV plants have the lowest efficiencies most likely because of high operating temperatures during the process of power generation.

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Performance assessment and degradation analysis of solar photovoltaic technologies: A review

Cited by 215 publications

References 185 publications

Grid-Connected Semitransparent Building-Integrated Photovoltaic System: The Comprehensive Case Study of the 120 kWp Plant in Kunming, China

Grid-Connected Semitransparent Building-Integrated Photovoltaic System: The Comprehensive Case Study of the 120 kWp Plant in Kunming, China

Solar power technology for electricity generation: A critical review

Environmental Efficiency of Photovoltaic Power Plants in China—A Comparative Study of Different Economic Zones and Plant Types

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