Experimental Analysis of a Solar Module’s Characteristic Performance in AL-Bayda City, Libya
摘要
This research represents an experimental analysis of a monocrystallin solar panel from unknown maufacturer, which is one of those units sold in the local market. Since the methods by which solar panels and modules are specified locally lack analysis in different climatic conditions, and since some photovoltic panels’ manufacturers and providers do not include catalogs with more data on their panels, this research focused on analyzing a solar panel by collecting its parameters characteristics such as voltage and current under inclination angles of 0, 45, 60, 90° at the beginning of July, in the city of Al-Bayda. The experimental analysis process is accomplished by using a laboratory data acquisition/control unit to collect the parameters that are used to evaluate the unit's output using engineering equation solver (EES). The relationships between these parameters are then plotted using Excel. Hence, it is found that this solar panel’s actual efficiency reached 10.02% at the weather conditions et al.-Bayda, compared to an actual efficiency of 14.63% at standard conditions, and maximum actual power of 21.19 watts compared to an actual standard power of 50 watts.