Effects of various parameters on PV-module power and efficiency

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 348-358

  Rahman, M M ^a   Hasanuzzaman, M ^a   Rahim, N A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cooling system; Energy; Photovoltaic; PV module; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; DUST; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW RATE; IRRADIATION; MASS TRANSFER; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RADIATION;

ELECTRICAL EFFICIENCY; ENERGY; IRRADIATION INTENSITY; OUTPUT POWER AND EFFICIENCIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PV MODULES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR CELL TEMPERATURES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84935426180     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2015.06.067     Document Type: Article

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