The effects of nominal power of array and system head on the operation of photovoltaic water pumping set with array surface covered by a film of water

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1098-1102

  Kordzadeh, Azadeh ^a  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Nominal power; Photovoltaic cells; Solar energy; System head; Water pumping

Indexed keywords

ARRAY SURFACE; HEAD WATERS; LOW ENERGIES; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; POWER INCREASE; PUMP FLOW RATE; SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS; SYSTEM OPERATION; TOTAL EFFICIENCY; WATER PUMPING; WATER PUMPING SYSTEMS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONVERSION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PUMPS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

CELLS;

COOLING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW VELOCITY; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; PANEL DATA; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; PUMPING; SOLAR POWER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 73249151104     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.10.024     Document Type: Article

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