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Effect of Module Temperature and Seasonal Variation Analysis of the Outdoor Performance of CdTe at Composite Climate of India


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1 National Institute of Solar Energy, Gurgaon-122003, India
 

Performance of CdTe technology based PV modules in composite climate zone of India has been analyzed after 1.5 years of commissioning. The effect of module temperature and incident irradiance on generation of power by CdTe technology based PV modules has been studied by drawing contour graphs. Seasonal performance has also been studied to find out the most frequent conditions (MFC) at the site in terms of irradiance and module temperature. It is found that PR of CdTe technology is mainly governed by module temperature and most of the time, the hourly averaged PR of CdTe technology at composite climate zone of India is in the range 0.8 to 0.9.

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CdTe, Outdoor Performance, Module Temperature, Irradiance.
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Birinchi Bora
National Institute of Solar Energy, Gurgaon-122003, India
O. S. Sastry
National Institute of Solar Energy, Gurgaon-122003, India
Yogesh Kumar Singh
National Institute of Solar Energy, Gurgaon-122003, India
Ramayan Singh
National Institute of Solar Energy, Gurgaon-122003, India
Kamlesh Yadav
National Institute of Solar Energy, Gurgaon-122003, India
Vikrant Sharma
National Institute of Solar Energy, Gurgaon-122003, India
Manander Bangar
National Institute of Solar Energy, Gurgaon-122003, India
Mithilesh Kumar
National Institute of Solar Energy, Gurgaon-122003, India

Abstract


Performance of CdTe technology based PV modules in composite climate zone of India has been analyzed after 1.5 years of commissioning. The effect of module temperature and incident irradiance on generation of power by CdTe technology based PV modules has been studied by drawing contour graphs. Seasonal performance has also been studied to find out the most frequent conditions (MFC) at the site in terms of irradiance and module temperature. It is found that PR of CdTe technology is mainly governed by module temperature and most of the time, the hourly averaged PR of CdTe technology at composite climate zone of India is in the range 0.8 to 0.9.

Keywords


CdTe, Outdoor Performance, Module Temperature, Irradiance.