International Journal of Engineering Research

T. Bhattacharya ¹, A. K. Chakraborty ¹, K. Pal ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Electrical Engineering, NIT Agartala, IN
2 Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, IIT Roorkee, IN

Abstract

An equation has been developed to measure the efficiency of PV module instantly, if the climatic parameters of the area are known. The measured and calculated values of efficiency are verified to check the percentage error between them. It is observed that developed equation has very correlation with the measured values.

Keywords

PV Module Efficiency, Ambient Temperature, Wind Speed, Solar Radiation, Relative Humidity, Correlation.

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T. Bhattacharya ¹, A. K. Chakraborty ¹, K. Pal ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Electrical Engineering, NIT Agartala, IN
2 Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, IIT Roorkee, IN

Abstract

The production of PV power depends on different meteorological parameters. Accumulation of dust is one of the factor which reduces the output power. The recent study was done in Tripura, India and there is maximum of 13% and minimum of 9% reduction in efficiency has been observed during the period of experiment.

Keywords

Photovoltaic, Dust, Open Circuit Voltage, Short Circuit Current, Module Efficiency, Degradation in Efficiency.

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