Technical and economic effects of cooling of monocrystalline photovoltaic modules under Hungarian conditions

This paper focuses on the impact of sprinkling and refrigerant based cooling methods of photovoltaic modules on actual performance, the duration of cooling and the quickness of the impact of cooling in comparison with monocrystalline photovoltaic modules without cooling. The obtained findings were analysed both from technical and economic aspects.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews

• Publication date

  2016-07-01

• Fields of study

  Engineering, Environmental Science, Economics

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/J.RSER.2016.02.003
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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