1Research Scholar, Electrical Engineering Department, School of Engineering, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, 201312, Uttar Pradesh, India, ma.ansari@gbu.ac.in
2Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, School of Engineering, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, 201312, Uttar Pradesh, India, ma.ansari@gbu.ac.in
3Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology, Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, chauhanyk@yahoo.com
*Corresponding author E-mail: vinayrana80@gmail.com
Online published on 7 February, 2020.
The performance of solar photovoltaic panels is greatly affected by temperature and irradiation level. It is well evident that unlike the irradiation level, the temperature of PV panel adversely affects its performance significantly. With an increase in temperature, the voltage of PV panel falls more as compared to increase in current, which thereby reduces power output and hence deteriorates performance. In this study a force air cooling technique is applied over the surface of a 50 W panel. The performance of the panel is experimentally calculated on the basis of efficiency, fill factor and maximum power. The lower and upper-lower surface air cooling is more effective as compared to others.
Efficiency, Forced air cooling, Fill factor, Maximum power, Mathematical modeling, Renewable energy, Solar photovoltaic
