International Journal of Advances in Applied Sciences
Vol 6, No 3: September 2017

Influences of Hybrid Cooling Mechanism through PV System under Solar Simulator Testing

Y.M. Irwan (Centre for Diploma Studies, University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP))
A.R. Amelia (Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy, School of Electrical System Engineering, University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP))
M. Irwanto (Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy, School of Electrical System Engineering, University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP))
W.Z. Leow (Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy, School of Electrical System Engineering, University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP))
Z. Syafiqah (Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy, School of Electrical System Engineering, University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP))
I. Safwati (6Institute of Engineering Mathematics, University Malaysia Perlis, (UniMAP))



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Sep 2017

Abstract

An increasing efficiency of the solar system can be improved by using hybrid cooling mechanism. This paper presents the impact of hybrid cooling mechanism on PV panel under indoor testing with varying solar intensity. Thus, the fabrication of a solar simulator for indoor testing reacts as the space solar radiation is described. The performance of PV panel which attached to a hybrid cooling mechanism compared with PV panel without cooling mechanism under variation of average solar radiation. Experimental tests were carried out for various average solar radiations by varying the number of lamps and/or the lamp-to-area distance. Without altering the spectral distribution, the characteristic of current-voltage of PV panel was analysed under average solar radiation which varied from 202 W/m2 to 1003 W/m2. As the result, the PV panel with hybrid cooling system explored to generate more power output with decreasing in PV panel temperature. About 15.79 % increment of power output generated by PV panel with cooling at maximum average solar radiation. Furthermore, the PV panel temperature also can be decreased about 10.28 % respectively. The combination of DC fan and water pump as cooling mechanism plays an important role in generating efficient power output from PV panel.

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Journal Info

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IJAAS

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Subject

Earth & Planetary Sciences Environmental Science Materials Science & Nanotechnology Mathematics Physics

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International Journal of Advances in Applied Sciences (IJAAS) is a peer-reviewed and open access journal dedicated to publish significant research findings in the field of applied and theoretical sciences. The journal is designed to serve researchers, developers, professionals, graduate students and ...