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Estimation of Module Temperature Effects on Seasonal Performance Variation of Different Photovoltaic Technology Modules

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The environmental performance of photovoltaic (PV) module is more affected by its operating module temperature and wind flow throughout the PV module. It finally impacts on output power of module. This work describes a new way for estimation of module temperature effects on seasonal performance variation of three different modules of PV technologies i.e. (Amorphous-Silicon (a-Si), Hetero-junction with Intrinsic Thin-layer (HIT) and Multicrystalline-Silicon (mc-Si)) installed at National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), Gurgaon site in India. First time under this research work, results have been estimated based on technique of finding new coefficient at the site by considering same reported module temperature model format followed by observing the RMSE of predicted module temperature. This estimation also uses for PV module performance improvement. This work also presents, the estimation of the module temperature model coefficients and their Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) of three different technology. Further, the efficiency and output power of PV module temperature model also estimated. The percentage power deviation from standard test condition (STC), and RMSE between predicted power and measured power was evaluated. While doing comparison of the three different PV technology module’s parameter in terms of efficiency and output power, HIT module found to be the well performed PV technology than a-Si and mc-Si for the NISE site. The method discussed in this work can be useful for performance assessment of large solar plant across the world.

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Authors would like to thank National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), Gurgaon, India for providing experimental research data, also, thank to Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan, for PV test beds installed at site NISE, Gurgaon, Haryana District, northern India.

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    Dhiraj B. Magare, Akshay S. Nichinte & Vishwesh A. Vyawahare

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Magare, D.B., Nichinte, A.S. & Vyawahare, V.A. Estimation of Module Temperature Effects on Seasonal Performance Variation of Different Photovoltaic Technology Modules. Appl. Sol. Energy 58, 226–237 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0003701X22020116

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