AN EXTENDED ANALYSIS OF THE MODELS TO ESTIMATE PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE TEMPERATURE

Year 2020, Volume: 4 Issue: 4, 183 - 196, 01.10.2020

Talat Özden Doga Tolgay Muhammet Samet Yakut Bulent G. Akinoglu

https://doi.org/10.31127/tuje.639378

Cited By: 3

Abstract

To estimate the performance of the photovoltaic power systems is the key issue in their techno-economic feasibility analysis. Performances, on the other hand, strongly depends on the module temperatures of the photovoltaic systems. In this study, we evaluated the performance of ten different module temperature estimation models using the measured outdoor data of five different modules. The modules are installed at the rooftop of a building located at Central Anatolia where the climate is cold and semi-arid. The results showed that the models having smaller number of parameters perform better than the others. We concluded that such analysis should be carried out at different ambient conditions so that the best performing models for the site can be obtained. Another outcome of the study is that the seasonal evaluation of the performance of the models should be carried out.

Keywords

Photovoltaic module, Module temperature, Module temperature variation, Module temperature estimation

Supporting Institution

Ministry of Development (Turkey)

Project Number

BAP-08.11.2015K121200

Thanks

The authors acknowledge the support given by the Ministry of Development for the construction of the outdoor testing facility.

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