EVALUATING OF COOLING SOLUTIONS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL

Abstract

Solar energy is a type of renewable energy, it plays an important role in
sustainable development. The efficiency of photovoltaic (PV) panel depends on
many factors such as radiation intensity, wind speed, ambient temperature, etc.,
including the operating temperature of the panel. When the operating
temperature of PV increases by 10
C, the conversion efficiency decreases by 0.4 -
0.5%, cooling PV panel is a necessary solution to maintain efficiency. This paper
presents an overview of PV panel cooling methods: passive cooling, active cooling.
Thereby, the authors give advantages and disadvantages of solutions and propose
solutions and necessary research when we apply cooling solutions for PV panel.