The operating temperature of photovoltaic modules under real operating conditions is important information when designing and sizing those systems. This paper proposes new models to predict this temperature for different technology modules under the climate conditions of southern Spain using meteorological parameters. The proposed models are hourly and instantaneous. Those models are compared with previous models existing in the literature. The results obtained show that because of the thermal inertia of the modules, only the proposed hourly models allow the average temperature of the modules to be determined accurately. The temperature of the modules can be predicted using the two‐parameter hourly model proposed in this paper with a mean absolute percentage error less than 6.0% for the technologies tested. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. In this paper, we propose new empirical models, both instantaneous and hourly models, to predict operation temperature of photovoltaic modules for different technologies in outdoor conditions. The obtained results are compared with others previous models. The results allow to quantify the usefulness of the different empirical models to determine the operating temperature of photovoltaic modules in outdoor conditions.


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    Title :

    Models to predict the operating temperature of different photovoltaic modules in outdoor conditions



    Published in:

    Progress in photovoltaics ; 23 , 10 ; 1267-1282


    Publication date :

    2015




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    BKL:    53.36 Energiedirektumwandler, elektrische Energiespeicher