A new approach to water cooling of photovoltaic panels with a tracking system

• Autorzy: Płachta Kamil , Mroczka Janusz , Ostrowski Mariusz

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DOI

10.24425/mms.2023.147961

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The article presents a water-cooling system for photovoltaic (PV) modules using a two-axis tracking system that tracks the apparent position of the Sun on the celestial sphere. The cooling system consists of 150 adjustable spray nozzles that cool the bottom layer of PV modules. The refrigerant is water taken from a tank with a capacity of 7 m³. A water recovery system reduces its consumption with efficiency of approximately 90%. The experimental setup consists of a full-size photovoltaic installation made of 10 modules with an output power of 3.5 kWp combined with a tracking system. The article presents an analysis of the cooling system efficiency in various meteorological conditions. Measurements of energy production were performed in the annual cycle using three different types of photovoltaic installations: stationary, two-axis tracking system and two-axis tracking system combined with the cooling system.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

photovoltaic system; cooling system; solar tracking system

• Wydawca: Komitet Metrologii i Aparatury Naukowej PAN
• Czasopismo: Metrology and Measurement Systems
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 30, nr 4
• Strony: 675--687
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 24 poz., rys., tab., wykr., wzory

Twórcy

autor

Płachta Kamil

• Wroclaw University of Technology, Faculty of Microsystem Electronics and Photonics, Chair of Electronic and Photonic Metrology, Bolesława Prusa 53/55, 50-317 Wrocław, Poland

autor

Mroczka Janusz

• Wroclaw University of Technology, Faculty of Microsystem Electronics and Photonics, Chair of Electronic and Photonic Metrology, Bolesława Prusa 53/55, 50-317 Wrocław, Poland

autor

Ostrowski Mariusz

• Wroclaw University of Technology, Faculty of Microsystem Electronics and Photonics, Chair of Electronic and Photonic Metrology, Bolesława Prusa 53/55, 50-317 Wrocław, Poland

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