Open AccessSimulation study on photovoltaic panel temperature under different solar radiation using computational fluid dynamic method
Author(s) -
W.Z. Leow,
Y.M. Irwan,
I. Safwati,
Misrun Muhammad Irwanto,
A.R. Amelia,
Z. Syafiqah,
M. I. Fahmi,
N. Rosle
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1432/1/012052
Subject(s) - photovoltaic system , operating temperature , computational fluid dynamics , radiation , work (physics) , environmental science , thermal , materials science , solar simulator , radiant intensity , mechanical engineering , mechanics , meteorology , engineering , optics , electrical engineering , physics
The electrical production is the primary performance of any solar photovoltaic (PV) system. The PV panel operating temperature is inversely proportional to the electrical production of the PV panel. The operating temperature of PV panel is influenced by solar radiation absorbed and the ambient temperature. In the present work, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method is used to investigate a three-dimensional (3-D) model of a PV panel. It is also essential to estimate the thermal behaviour of the PV panel under various environmental conditions. The primary purpose of this current work is to analyse temperature distribution from the PV panel under given operating conditions. The model geometry is built by using CATIA design software. ANSYS software was simulated the different intensity of solar radiation that applied to the PV panel in order to observe the temperature distribution on each layers of the PV panel. The ambient temperature of the simulation is fixed 35 °C according to the maximum ambient temperature captured in Malaysia. The simulation results show that an increase in solar radiation intensity along with the PV panel operating temperature increase.