BIFACIAL AND MONOFACIAL PHOTOVOLTAIK MODUL WITH TRACKER SYSTEM ANALYSIS

Year 2020, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 98 - 112, 31.12.2020

Oya Kılcı , Murat Koklu

Abstract

Solar energy is preferred today because it is environmentally friendly and clean energy. In order to get the best production from solar power plants, it is necessary to make maximum use of the sun. In this context, the installation of solar panels with a single-axis monitoring system in the designed system is a cost-effective distribution strategy. On the other hand, the bifacial or monofacial of the panels used directly affects the gain. Bifacial modules increase energy efficiency of 4% - 15% depending on module type and ground albedo. In this study, the performance of 1123.2 kWp PV plants connected to the network planned to be established in Karaman was evaluated by the PVSYST analysis program by selecting both monofacial and bifacial panels. Energy production, specific efficiency, performance ratio values of this study were calculated. It was found that the system carried out with the working bifacial panel produced 170 MWh more per year, resulting in a 7% gain.

Keywords

Solar power plant, solar power, Bifacial, Monofacial

References

• [1]“Lazard’s Levelized Cost of Storage Analysis V11.0.” [Online]. Available:https://www.lazard.com/perspective/levelized-cost-ofenergy-2017/.
• [2] A. Cuevas, A. Luque, J. Eguren and J.D. Alamo, “50% more output power from an albedo-collecting flat panel using bifacial solar cells”, Solar Energy, 1982, 29, 419-420.
• [3] Moehlecke A, Febras FS, Zanesco I (2013). Electrical performance analysis of PV modules with bifacial silicon solar cells and white diffuse reflector. Solar Energy 96 : 253–262.
• [4] Kaddoura TO, Ramli MAM, Al-Turki YA (2016). On the estimation of the optimum tilt angle of PV panel in Saudi Arabia. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 65:626–634.
• [5] Ihaddadene, N., Ihaddadene, R. and Charik, A. (2017). Best tilt angle of fixed solar conversion systems at M’Sila Region (Algeria). Energy Procedia, 118, 63-71.
• [6] Lanjewar, A. B. Wakchaure, N. S. and Joshi, S.S, (2016). Determination of optimum tilt angle of solar collectorsfor solar cities in Maharashtra, India, Special Issue Tech-Ed 2016 (International Conference), ISSN No: 2454-1958, 94-97.
• [7] Kaçan E. Ve Ülgen K. (2012) Güneş Enerjisi Toplayıcılarında Eğim Ve Yönlendirmenin Yararlanabilirliğe Etkisi, Gazi Üniv. Müh. Mim. Fak. Der. Cilt 27, No 4, 837-846, 2012
• [8] N.Arslanoğlu, 2016, Optimization of Tilt Angle for Solar Collectors Bursa, World Academy of Science,Engineering and Technology İnternational Journal of Energy and Power Engineering Vol:10,No:5, 2016 .
• [9] Despotovic, M.; Nedic, V. Comparison of optimum tilt angles of solar collectors determined at yearly, seasonal and monthly levels. Energy Convers. Manag. 2015, 97, 121–131
• [10] Amir A. Shishavan, (2019) "Bifacial photovoltaic (PV) system performance modeling utilizing ray tracing", Iowa University, 2019
• [11] Michael Rogoll (2019), Rödl &Partner E News,May 2019
• [12] Míriam G. Borrull, (2019), "Performance Optimization of Bifacial Module PV Power Plants Based on Simulations and Measurements", Hamburg University Master Thesis.
• [13] Thomas C. R. Russell, Rebecca Saive, Andre Augusto, Stuart G. Bowden, and Harry A. Atwater,(2017), The Influence of Spectral Albedo on Bifacial Solar Cells: A Theoretical and Experimental Study, IEEE Journal Of Photovoltaıcs
• [14] Y.K. Chieng and M.A. Green, "Computer simulation of enhanced Output from Bifacial Photovoltaic Modules", Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 1993, 1, 293-299.
• [15] K. Jaeger, G. Bende, W. Hoffmann and R. Hezel, "Performance of Bifacial MIS-Inversion Layer Solar Cells Encapsulated in Novel Albedo Collecting Modules", Proc. of the 23rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Louisville, KY, 1993, 1235-1239.
• [16] Karki, P., B. Adhikary and K. Sherpa, 2012. Comparative study of grid-tied photovoltaic (PV) system in Kathmandu and Berlin using PVsyst. IEEE ICSET 2012 IEEE ThirdInternational Conference on(pp. 196-199).
• [17] O.kılcı, M.Koklu, (2019), The Importance of Fixed and Variable Angle in Solar Power Plants Analysis, IJAMEC 2019