THE PERFORMANCE AND ADVANCED COOLING TECHNIQUES FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR PANELS

  • 1Ministry of higher education and scientific research, Baghdad
  • 2Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, Institute of Integrated Safety, Trnava, SK
  • 3University of Thi-Qar, Thi-Qar
  • 4University of Kufa, presidency University of Kufa, Najaf
  • 5Sevastopol State University, Institute of Nuclear Energy and Industry, Sevastopol

Abstract

The high performance of the photovoltaic cell requires proper and efficient cooling because the electrical efficiency of the photovoltaic cell is affected by the operating temperature. Providing a suitable operating environment for the photovoltaic cell at a low temperature is necessary, which can be achieved using devices with highly effective thermal performance in which heat is transferred from the cell to the external surroundings via pulsating heat pipes, and this process leads to significant energy generation and the best efficiency of the photovoltaic unit. In this work, we use pulsating heat pipes with copper fins to achieve adequate cooling of the cell and make it operate at the best temperature, leading to a higher photovoltaic cell efficiency. The metal used for the pulsating heat pipes is copper, which has high conductivity needed to increase performance. The study showed that pulsating heat pipes are the most suitable options for cooling the photovoltaic cell, which leads to increasing its efficiency and increasing electricity production.

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