IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/renene/v35y2010i5p1098-1102.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The effects of nominal power of array and system head on the operation of photovoltaic water pumping set with array surface covered by a film of water

Author

Listed:
  • Kordzadeh, Azadeh

Abstract

The main problem in using photovoltaic (PV) systems is the low energy conversion efficiency of PV cells. The efficiency of PV cells will decrease significantly as the temperature of the cells exceed to a certain limit. In order to increase the efficiency, it is necessary to reduce the operating temperature of array. One of the ways for improving the system operation is cooling PV cells with a thin film of water. The aim of this research is to study the effects of nominal power of array and system head on the operation of system by using this method. For this purpose, a photovoltaic water pumping system is installed in Kerman city (Latitude: 30° 17′ and longitude: 57° 50′) and different methods examined to reduce PV cells temperature. The most effective way was chosen and used in set. This method is based on providing water for cooling cells by the pump itself. Experiments show that with decreasing of array nominal power and increasing in system head, the power generated by the array increases significantly. This increases the panel and total efficiency and therefore the pump flow rate. This method is ineffective as the array nominal power increases significantly.

Suggested Citation

  • Kordzadeh, Azadeh, 2010. "The effects of nominal power of array and system head on the operation of photovoltaic water pumping set with array surface covered by a film of water," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 35(5), pages 1098-1102.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:35:y:2010:i:5:p:1098-1102
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.10.024
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148109004509
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.renene.2009.10.024?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Unknown, 2004. "Front Materials," Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 19(4), pages 1-1.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Gilmore, Nicholas & Timchenko, Victoria & Menictas, Chris, 2018. "Microchannel cooling of concentrator photovoltaics: A review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 90(C), pages 1041-1059.
    2. Del Pero, Claudio & Aste, Niccolò & Leonforte, Fabrizio, 2021. "The effect of rain on photovoltaic systems," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 179(C), pages 1803-1814.
    3. Li, Guiqiang & Jin, Yi & Akram, M.W. & Chen, Xiao, 2017. "Research and current status of the solar photovoltaic water pumping system – A review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 79(C), pages 440-458.
    4. Gopal, C. & Mohanraj, M. & Chandramohan, P. & Chandrasekar, P., 2013. "Renewable energy source water pumping systems—A literature review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 25(C), pages 351-370.
    5. Zhang, Wei & Chen, Miao & Zhang, Shaofeng & Wang, Yiping, 2020. "Designation of a solar falling-film photochemical hybrid system for the decolorization of azo dyes," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 197(C).
    6. Yaichi, Mohammed & Fellah, Mohammed-Karim & Tayebi, Azzedinne & Boutadara, Abdelkader, 2019. "A fast and simplified method using non-linear translation of operating points for PV modules energy output and daily pumped water to predict the performance of a stand-alone photovoltaic pumping syste," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 133(C), pages 248-260.
    7. Osma-Pinto, German & Ordóñez-Plata, Gabriel, 2020. "Dynamic thermal modelling for the prediction of the operating temperature of a PV panel with an integrated cooling system," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 152(C), pages 1041-1054.
    8. Aliyu, Mansur & Hassan, Ghassan & Said, Syed A. & Siddiqui, Muhammad U. & Alawami, Ali T. & Elamin, Ibrahim M., 2018. "A review of solar-powered water pumping systems," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 87(C), pages 61-76.
    9. Fu, Huide & Li, Guiqiang & Li, Fubing, 2019. "Performance comparison of photovoltaic/thermal solar water heating systems with direct-coupled photovoltaic pump, traditional pump and natural circulation," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 136(C), pages 463-472.
    10. Evangelos I. Sakellariou & Petros J. Axaopoulos & Ioannis E. Sarris & Nodirbek Abdullaev, 2021. "Improving the Electrical Efficiency of the PV Panel via Geothermal Heat Exchanger: Mathematical Model, Validation and Parametric Analysis," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(19), pages 1-22, October.
    11. Gaur, Ankita & Tiwari, G.N., 2014. "Performance of a-Si thin film PV modules with and without water flow: An experimental validation," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 128(C), pages 184-191.
    12. Saxena, Ashish & Deshmukh, Sandip & Nirali, Somanath & Wani, Saurabh, 2018. "Laboratory based Experimental Investigation of Photovoltaic (PV) Thermo-control with Water and its Proposed Real-time Implementation," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 115(C), pages 128-138.
    13. Sontake, Vimal Chand & Kalamkar, Vilas R., 2016. "Solar photovoltaic water pumping system - A comprehensive review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 1038-1067.
    14. Tarek Ibrahim & Mohamad Abou Akrouch & Farouk Hachem & Mohamad Ramadan & Haitham S. Ramadan & Mahmoud Khaled, 2024. "Cooling Techniques for Enhanced Efficiency of Photovoltaic Panels—Comparative Analysis with Environmental and Economic Insights," Energies, MDPI, vol. 17(3), pages 1-32, February.
    15. Antonio D’Angola & Diana Enescu & Marianna Mecca & Alessandro Ciocia & Paolo Di Leo & Giovanni Vincenzo Fracastoro & Filippo Spertino, 2020. "Theoretical and Numerical Study of a Photovoltaic System with Active Fluid Cooling by a Fully-Coupled 3D Thermal and Electric Model," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-17, February.
    16. Sargunanathan, S. & Elango, A. & Mohideen, S. Tharves, 2016. "Performance enhancement of solar photovoltaic cells using effective cooling methods: A review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 382-393.
    17. Yadav, Kamlesh & Kumar, Atul & Sastry, O.S. & Wandhare, Rupesh, 2019. "Solar photovoltaics pumps operating head selection for the optimum efficiency," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 134(C), pages 169-177.
    18. Tina, G.M. & Rosa-Clot, M. & Rosa-Clot, P. & Scandura, P.F., 2012. "Optical and thermal behavior of submerged photovoltaic solar panel: SP2," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 39(1), pages 17-26.
    19. Browne, M.C. & Norton, B. & McCormack, S.J., 2015. "Phase change materials for photovoltaic thermal management," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 762-782.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Rustemli, Sabir & Dincer, Furkan & Unal, Emin & Karaaslan, Muharrem & Sabah, Cumali, 2013. "The analysis on sun tracking and cooling systems for photovoltaic panels," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 22(C), pages 598-603.
    2. Wilson, Earle, 2009. "Theoretical and operational thermal performance of a ‘wet’ crystalline silicon PV module under Jamaican conditions," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 34(6), pages 1655-1660.
    3. Bahaidarah, H. & Subhan, Abdul & Gandhidasan, P. & Rehman, S., 2013. "Performance evaluation of a PV (photovoltaic) module by back surface water cooling for hot climatic conditions," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 445-453.
    4. Meral, Mehmet Emin & Dinçer, Furkan, 2011. "A review of the factors affecting operation and efficiency of photovoltaic based electricity generation systems," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 15(5), pages 2176-2184, June.
    5. Tina, G.M. & Rosa-Clot, M. & Rosa-Clot, P. & Scandura, P.F., 2012. "Optical and thermal behavior of submerged photovoltaic solar panel: SP2," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 39(1), pages 17-26.
    6. repec:mpr:mprres:4856 is not listed on IDEAS
    7. William E. Black & Henry T. Ireys, "undated". "Understanding Enrollment Trends and Participant Characteristics of the Medicaid Buy-In Program, 2003-2004," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 9a81aeecb02d4194867cfae63, Mathematica Policy Research.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:35:y:2010:i:5:p:1098-1102. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/renewable-energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.