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Development and Evaluation of Photovoltaic System on the Water in a Rotation System

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This study is directed to develop and evaluate performance, durability and storage of photovoltaic (PV) systems with rotation on the water. PV systems were installed in the two ways (i) static PV system on the ground and (ii) PV system with rotation on the water. Both systems were thoroughly compared in terms of changing weather, insolation, temperatures and durability of the systems. Each PV system was produced almost same power conversion of ∼10.8 kW without putting on the water. PV system with rotation on the water showed the easier spray of water as compared to the static PV system on the water. The PV system with rotation on the water was significantly improved the overall power generation by >18% against the static ground PV system. The power generation of PV system on water with spray was increased by >8% due to the effect of cooling through the water spray under rotation. It was also demonstrated that the modules sprayed by water substantially increased the power generation of PV system on the water by 30%.

Keywords: PHOTOVOLTAIC; POWER GENERATION; ROTATORY WATER SYSTEM; SOLAR MODULE; TRACKING; WATER SPRAY

Document Type: Research Article

Publication date: 01 March 2016

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