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Heat Pipe-Based Cooling Enhancement for Photovoltaic Modules: Experimental and Numerical Investigation

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  • Shuailing Ma

    (National Key Laboratory of Automotive Chassis Integration and Bionics, Changchun 130022, China
    College of Automotive Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130022, China)

  • Yingai Jin

    (National Key Laboratory of Automotive Chassis Integration and Bionics, Changchun 130022, China
    College of Automotive Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130022, China)

  • Firoz Alam

    (School of Engineering (Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia)

Abstract

High temperatures in photovoltaic (PV) modules lead to the degradation of electrical efficiency. To address the challenge of reducing the temperature of photovoltaic modules and enhancing their electrical power output efficiency, a simple but efficient photovoltaic cooling system based on heat pipes (PV-HP) is introduced in this study. Through experimental and numerical investigations, this study delves into the temperature characteristics and power output performance of the PV-HP system. Orthogonal tests are conducted to discern the influence of different factors on the PV-HP system. The experimental findings indicate that the performance of the PV-HP system is superior to that of the single system without heat pipes. The numerical simulation shows the effects of system structural parameters (number of heat pipes, angle of heat pipe condensation section) on system temperature and power output performance. The numerical simulation results show that increasing the angle of the heat pipe condensation section and the number of heat pipes leads to a significant drop in system temperature and an increase in the efficiency of the photovoltaic cells.

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  • Shuailing Ma & Yingai Jin & Firoz Alam, 2024. "Heat Pipe-Based Cooling Enhancement for Photovoltaic Modules: Experimental and Numerical Investigation," Energies, MDPI, vol. 17(17), pages 1-21, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:17:y:2024:i:17:p:4272-:d:1464607
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