EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY ON NANOFLUID COOLING OF PV SOLAR PANELS | ||
| Journal of International Society for Science and Engineering | ||
| Volume 6, Issue 4, December 2024, Pages 78-84 PDF (1.13 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jisse.2025.351611.1102 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mohamed Saber Sokar* 1; Ahmed Saeed Abdelmonem2; Osama Ezzat Abdel Latif3; Tamer Samir Abdel Magid4 | ||
| 1Mechanical engineering, Faculty of Engineering at Shubra, Benha University, Cairo, Egypt. | ||
| 2Egyptian Space Agency (EGSA) | ||
| 3Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of engineering at Shubra, Benha university, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| 4Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at Shubra, Benha University, Cairo, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| One of the main factors that affects the efficiency of photovoltaic (PV) panels while generating power is their temperature throughout the day. When the cell temperature increases, the generated power and the efficiency decreases. In this study, experimental and numerical approaches are carried out to examine the effect of adding Al2O3 nanofluid on the performance of PV panels compared to pure water. Two modules are used in this study, the first one is uncooled PV panel, and the second module is used for both water and nanofluid cooling medium flowing through a pancake copper coil configuration. The pancake coils are attached to the back side of the PV panels. The concentration of nanofluid that is considered for the evaluation is (0.001 Al2O3). ANSYS software was used to simulate and determine the thermal performance of both cooling methods in order to compare with experimental results. As expected, there is an enhancement in the efficiency of the cooled module compared to the uncooled module, which helps to increase the output power. The results showed the output power for the nanofluid water-cooled panel increased by 15.6% compared to that cooled with water. The heat transfer fluid containing (0.001 Al2O3) improved PV panel performance by lowering PV temperature | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Photovoltaic Cooling; Ansys simulation; Experimental; Numerical study | ||
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