Improving Performance of a Photovoltaic Panel by Pin Fins: A Theoretical Analysis
Publish place: 6th Annual Clean Energy Conference
Publish Year: 1397
نوع سند: مقاله کنفرانسی
زبان: English
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CLEANENERGY06_004
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Abstract:
Researchers are striving to improve the efficiency of photovoltaic panels. As efficiency of PV cells decrease with temperature rise, panel cooling would increase the power output and solar energy can be better exploited. One of the strategies for this purpose is passive cooling by use of fins. In the present study, annual energy output of a 50W panel is calculated in two unfinned and pin-finned cases based on meteorological data of Shiraz, Iran. The results show that with the installation of 2 cm, 4 cm and 6 cm aluminum pin fins with finned-to-total-backside-area ratios of 0.17, 0.27 and, 0.55 the power output increases by 1.24-4.16%, compared to the unfinned case. This increase is equivalent to 1.04-3.50 kWh, more energy production during a year.
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Ali Sedaghat
M.Sc. Student, School of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Reza Karami
M.Sc. Student, School of Mechanical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Eslami
Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran