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Analysis of Power Generation for Solar Photovoltaic Module with Various Internal Cell Spacing

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  • June Raymond L. Mariano

    (Mold and Die Engineering Department, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 807618, Taiwan
    Mechanical and Allied Engineering Department, Technological University of the Philippines—Taguig, Taguig City 1630, Philippines)

  • Yun-Chuan Lin

    (Mold and Die Engineering Department, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 807618, Taiwan)

  • Mingyu Liao

    (Department of Business Administration, National Taipei University of Business, Taipei 100025, Taiwan)

  • Herchang Ay

    (Mold and Die Engineering Department, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 807618, Taiwan)

Abstract

Photovoltaic (PV) systems directly convert solar energy into electricity and researchers are taking into consideration the design of photovoltaic cell interconnections to form a photovoltaic module that maximizes solar irradiance. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the cell spacing effect of light diffusion on output power. In this work, the light absorption of solar PV cells in a module with three different cell spacings was studied. An optical engineering software program was used to analyze the reflecting light on the backsheet of the solar PV module towards the solar cell with varied internal cell spacing of 2 mm, 5 mm, and 8 mm. Then, assessments were performed under standard test conditions to investigate the power output of the PV modules. The results of the study show that the module with an internal cell spacing of 8 mm generated more power than 5 mm and 2 mm. Conversely, internal cell spacing from 2 mm to 5 mm revealed a greater increase of power output on the solar PV module compared to 5 mm to 8 mm. Furthermore, based on the simulation and experiment, internal cell spacing variation showed that the power output of a solar PV module can increase its potential to produce more power from the diffuse reflectance of light.

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  • June Raymond L. Mariano & Yun-Chuan Lin & Mingyu Liao & Herchang Ay, 2021. "Analysis of Power Generation for Solar Photovoltaic Module with Various Internal Cell Spacing," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-16, June.
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