Open AccessPerformance of solar modules integrated with reflector
Author(s) -
Jamil Al Asfar,
Ahmad Sakhrieh,
Waleed Al-Nayfeh,
Ahmad Ghandoor
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of power electronics and drive systems/international journal of electrical and computer engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2722-2578
pISSN - 2722-256X
DOI - 10.11591/ijpeds.v12.i3.pp1845-1852
Subject(s) - reflector (photography) , photovoltaic system , tilt (camera) , span (engineering) , power (physics) , environmental science , optics , computer science , electrical engineering , engineering , physics , mechanical engineering , structural engineering , light source , quantum mechanics
This study investigates experimentally the performance of two-dimensional solar tracking systems with reflector using commercial silicon based photovoltaic module, with open and closed loop control systems. Different reflector materials were also investigated. The experiments were performed at the Hashemite University campus in Zarqa at a latitude of 32⁰, in February and March. Photovoltaic output power and performance were analyzed. It was found that the modified photovoltaic module with mirror reflector generated the highest value of power, while the temperature reached a maximum value of 53 ̊ C. The modified module suggested in this study produced 5% more PV power than the two-dimensional solar tracking systems without reflector and produced 12.5% more PV power than the fixed PV module with 26⁰ tilt angle.