Open AccessPerformance Improvement of Photovoltaic Module Using an Air-Cooling Micro Finned Heat Sink
Author(s) -
Ibtisam A. Hasan,
S. Faraj,
Israa A. Mohammad
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/765/1/012021
Subject(s) - heat sink , materials science , photovoltaic system , electrical efficiency , heat transfer , thermal , thermal conduction , nuclear engineering , environmental science , work (physics) , thermal efficiency , mechanical engineering , sink (geography) , mechanics , composite material , electrical engineering , power (physics) , thermodynamics , engineering , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , combustion , cartography , geography
In this work, improved PV panel was fabricated by replacing the tedlar layer with aluminum alloy micro pin fin heat sink to increase the heat transfer conduction. Air flow system was designed and implemented to apply force convection on the heat sink, which named MPFHS-PV/T integrated system, to decrease the PV module temperature. The integrated system was tested on 25Jun 2019 in Baghdad climate and the results recorded as flowing: decreasing the PV module temperature by 14.65% along with electrical performance improvement by 13% for the output power and 13.32% for efficiency. The daily averages of electrical efficiency. 1102%, thermal efficiency 40.94% and overall thermal efficiency 51.9%.