The cooling effect of polycrystalline type PV panels using perforated aluminum plates

A study has been conducted to improve the efficiency of Polycrystalline type PV panels. This research was conducted at the Energy Technology Research Laboratory, Engineering Faculty, Sriwijaya University, South Sumatra, Indonesia. The disadvantage of PV panel, when receiving solar radiation, it will...

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Published inIOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering Vol. 909; no. 1; pp. 12005 - 12011
Main Authors Bizzy, I, Sipahutar, R, Puspitasari, D, Sofijan, A, Fajri, M A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.12.2020
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Summary:A study has been conducted to improve the efficiency of Polycrystalline type PV panels. This research was conducted at the Energy Technology Research Laboratory, Engineering Faculty, Sriwijaya University, South Sumatra, Indonesia. The disadvantage of PV panel, when receiving solar radiation, it will increase the temperature of the PV panel but decrease the efficiency. This study uses a perforated aluminum plate with hole diameter of 2.5 mm. The plate is placed behind the PV panel. The dimensions of the plate are 960 mm x 600 mm x 20 mm and the number of holes of 1457. The specifications of PV panels are 1020 mm x 670 mm x 30 mm, Polycrystalline type PV panels, maximum power of 100 WP. The results showed that the PV panels given a perforated aluminum plate cooling had higher efficiency than those not given perforated plate cooling.
ISSN:1757-8981
1757-899X
DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/909/1/012005