A new equation correlating the parameters influencing the performance of solar modules

✍ Scribed by N.A. Al-Rawi; A.A. Mohammad; A. Aziz

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1989
• Weight: 378 KB
• Volume: 26
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0379-6787
• DOI: 10.1016/0379-6787(89)90088-4

✦ Synopsis

The correlation of environmental parameters, module parameters and time of operation into one equation seems to he important to study the performance characteristics of the solar cell.

Two programmes have been developed to formulate the suggested equation. The first is based on the general equation of the unsteady state temperature used to evaluate the distribution of heat inside and on the boundaries of the solar cell. The second programme is used to evaluate the constants obtained in the first programme using the least squares method.

The final equation can be expressed in terms of the following: environmental conditions (solar radiation, wind velocity, ambient air temperature), module parameters (cell efficiency, cell thickness, glass thickness), and time of operation (real time of operation, time of onset of steady state conditions).