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• TITLE: Experimental Study of Environmental Impact on the Efficiency of a House-Hold PV Panel

  AUTHORS: Yassir Idris Abdalla Osman, Jinping Li, Xiaofei Zhen

  KEYWORDS: House-Hold PV Panel, Environmental Factors, Photovoltaic Efficiency

  JOURNAL NAME: Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, Vol.9 No.7, July 30, 2018

  ABSTRACT: House-hold PV panels are widely used; however, their performance is significantly degraded under real operating conditions. Environmental factors such as ambient temperature, wind speed, and solar irradiance has a major impact on the house-hold PV panel efficiency. In this paper an experimental study was conducted during the winter period in a single building in Minqin county, Gansu province, China. The experimental measurements were used to quantify the house-hold PV panel performance and operating characteristics. Based on the experimental results the house-hold PV panel performance is basically affected by the PV surface temperature, therefore, multilevel of energy is detected. Approximately 3% efficiency variation is detected due to the impact of the environmental factors.