Fig 1.
REEEC operational solar systems of the total capacity of 9Kw.
Note: The electrical parameters are given under STC of irradiance of 1000W/m2, a spectrum of 1.5 air mass and a cell temperature of 25°C.
Table 1.
Electrical parameters of GCL–P6/60265W solar PV module.
Table 2.
The geographic position of Tabuk station, Tabuk, KSA.
Fig 2.
Main block diagram of the PV solar monitoring system parts.
Fig 3.
The radio range and received signal interval tests of both PV panels nodes.
Fig 4.
a) PCM packs loaded with PCM-OM37P material. b) Placements of the front and back thermocouples.
Table 3.
Thermophysical properties of PCM-OM37.
Fig 5.
I-V and P-V characteristics of the GCL–P6/60265W PV module under STC.
Fig 6.
The intensity of solar radiation throughout the experimental day and variation of temperature behavior in reference and PCM-cooled PV panels.
Fig 7.
The variation of voltage behavior in reference and PCM-cooled PV panels.