Recent advances in photovoltaic cooling and performance improvement of the integration of phase change materials based systems: A review

• Main Authors: Badgujar, Sachin Prabhakar, Kumar, Cheruku Sandesh, Wagh, Hemant Krishnarao
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Alternative energy sources; Construction materials; Cooling systems; Electricity; Electricity distribution; Fossil fuels; Heat; Heat pumps; Phase change materials; Photovoltaic cells; Power consumption; Process parameters; Radiation; Renewable energy sources; Solar cells; Solar energy; Solar heating; Solar radiation; Thermal energy
• ISSN: 0094-243X; 1551-7616
• DOI: 10.1063/5.0074810

With the evolution and spread of civilization, global energy needs are rising. The rapid decline in fossil fuel supplies and the rise in emissions have led to research on renewable energy sources. Solar energy is abundant and can be renewable, which can easily be converted into electrical energy and thermal energy. Photovoltaic systems can consume up of 80% of the solar radiation incident from either the solar panel, and only a limited fraction of this absorbing radiation emitted is converted to electricity, based on the output of both the photovoltaic, and most of power consumption generates heat of both the photovoltaic. That performance of both the solar cell is reduced significantly once paired with construction materials. Rate of degradation is mainly due to an increase in the heat of both the solar power plate. Changes in temperature are unpleasantly essential also for progression of nature and electricity generation. So many strategies are being attempted to keep temperatures of photovoltaic panels similar to a minimum input value. Various cooling techniques, including such organic & displaced, watercooling, heat pump usage, heat transfer process and solar thermal melting, are examined in detail in the following section. Efficient cooling system is much more successful, however water is still required to substitute for both the benefit in cooling system. The temperatures of the solar cell can be lowered by almost 35.6 deg C. by use of a phase change material method with the photovoltaic display. The heat can indeed be decreased to 16 deg C by using nanotubes and in process of adjusting parameters of both the substance liquid. Electric power capacity can be enhanced by 8 to 10%. Market research reveals that phase change material based photovoltaic cooling technology is not yet used in commercials due to its technical problems, high costs and lack of convenience of dependable working strategies. The revision signifies that phase change materials cooling technique best for photovoltaic systems and further research is needed.