DOI: 10.5937/jaes0-28761
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Volume 19 article 818 pages: 504-514
The cooling of the surface of the solar photovoltaic (PV) system is a major operative factor in achieving greater efficiency.
Correct cooling can improve electrical efficiency and reduce cell degradation rates over time. This results
in increasing the life of the solar PV modules. In industrial and domestic utilization, the cooling system is used for
the removal of excess heat. This paper presents a new method for cooling systems for solar PV which results in the
improvement in the collection of the solar insolation. The additional feature of the method has been the tracking of
sunlight for efficient power generation. Further, the extra heat can be utilized for other purposes including heating
and power generation through thermal means. The concept of the proposed system has been explained in detail with
the pictorial representation. Also, for the validation of the improved performance of the proposed system, a detailed
comparison with the conventional methods have been provided for five different cities of Saudi Arabia and an improvement
of twice collection of insolation has been estimated compare to the conventional systems. The proposed
system shows improved performance for all operating conditions.
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