Experimental study on efficiency enhancement of concentrated solar photo-voltaic systems with convex lenses and cooling

Samaraweera, P; Jeewandara, JMDS; Gammampila, GUS; Keerthanan, J; Jayathunga, JVUP; Rodrigo, AS

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dc.contributor.author	Samaraweera, P
dc.contributor.author	Jeewandara, JMDS
dc.contributor.author	Gammampila, GUS
dc.contributor.author	Keerthanan, J
dc.contributor.author	Jayathunga, JVUP
dc.contributor.author	Rodrigo, AS
dc.contributor.editor	Weeraddana, C
dc.contributor.editor	Edussooriya, CUS
dc.contributor.editor	Abeysooriya, RP
dc.date.accessioned	2022-08-05T05:33:23Z
dc.date.available	2022-08-05T05:33:23Z
dc.date.issued	2020-07
dc.identifier.citation	*******	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/18521
dc.description.abstract	Low efficiency can be identified as one of the main drawbacks of solar photo-voltaic systems. The main two factors that affect the efficiency of the existing solar photovoltaic cells are the operating temperature and the solar irradiance received by the solar cell. This paper presents an efficiency enhanced solar photo-voltaic system, which concentrates the solar irradiance through convex lenses and at the same time, cools the solar cells using a forced flow of mineral turpentine. The evaluation of the test results shows an enhancement of power output and efficiency by 60% & 32% respectively by both cooling and concentrating.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	IEEE	en_US
dc.relation.uri	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9185287	en_US
dc.subject	Solar	en_US
dc.subject	Renewable Energy	en_US
dc.subject	Concentration	en_US
dc.subject	Efficiency Enhancement	en_US
dc.subject	Convex lenses	en_US
dc.subject	Operating Temperature Control	en_US
dc.subject	MPPT	en_US
dc.title	Experimental study on efficiency enhancement of concentrated solar photo-voltaic systems with convex lenses and cooling	en_US
dc.type	Conference-Full-text	en_US
dc.identifier.faculty	Engineering	en_US
dc.identifier.department	Engineering Research Unit, University of Moratuwa	en_US
dc.identifier.year	2020	en_US
dc.identifier.conference	Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference 2020	en_US
dc.identifier.place	Moratuwa, Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos	pp. 549-553	en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding	Proceedings of Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference 2020	en_US
dc.identifier.email	prasankarc@gmail.com	en_US
dc.identifier.email	dinidusrimal@gmail.com	en_US
dc.identifier.email	uthpalagammampila@gmail.com	en_US
dc.identifier.email	jeykeerthy@gmail.com	en_US
dc.identifier.email	upuli@uom.lk	en_US
dc.identifier.email	asankar@uom.lk	en_US
dc.identifier.doi	10.1109/MERCon50084.2020.9185287	en_US