This paper presents the effects of spectral irradiance distribution on the performance of polycrystalline (p-Si) and amorphous silicon (a-Si) photovoltaic (PV) modules under Thai climatic conditions. The annual outdoor solar spectrum measurements bouncing on the PV modules installed at Energy...

This work is aimed at verifying that analytical modelling approaches may provide an estimation of the outdoor performance of TF (thin film) PV (photovoltaic) technologies in inland sites with sunny climates with adequate accuracy for engineering purposes. Osterwald's and constant fill factor...

Three different, commercially available photovoltaic modules have been monitored outdoors in the town of Grimstad, Norway. The present paper describes the experimental setup that was implemented, in particular details of the low-cost electronic loads. Results compare measured performance with...

The presence of an air gap between a photovoltaic (PV) module and roof facilitates ventilation cooling under the device and consequently reduces cell temperature and improves its performance. In case of rack-mounted PV installation, the Nominal Operating Cell Temperature (NOCT) method could be...

The importance of solar cell/module operating temperature for the electrical performance of silicon-based photovoltaic installations is briefly discussed. Suitable tabulations are given for most of the explicit and implicit correlations found in the literature which link this temperature with...

The photovoltaic (PV) cells suffer efficiency drop as their operating temperature increases especially under high insolation levels and cooling is beneficial. Air-cooling, either by forced or natural flow, presents a non-expensive and simple method of PV cooling and the solar preheated air could...