Photovoltaic module cell temperature measurements using linear interpolation technique

Gavin Mangeni; Rodney H. G. Tan; T. H. Tan; S. K. Cheo; V. H. Mok; Jia Yew Pang

doi:10.1109/I2MTC.2017.7969759

Photovoltaic module cell temperature measurements using linear interpolation technique

Gavin Mangeni, Rodney H. G. Tan, T. H. Tan, S. K. Cheo, V. H. Mok, Jia Yew Pang

School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

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Abstract

This paper presents a photovoltaic module cell temperature measurement and 81 points heat distribution mapping technique using only 9 temperature sensors. The operating principle, mapping technique, experiment setup and performance analysis of the proposed measurement system is discussed. The proposed measurement system consists of 9 negative temperature coefficient thermistor based temperature sensors attached at the back of photovoltaic panel equally spaced in 3 by 3 manner, a microcontroller, a data acquisition and visualization software with interpolation technique developed in MATLAB. The proposed temperature measurement system is verified using FLUKE infrared thermometer at every single point of measurement. The results show an average error of 1 °C and the error tend to decrease as the solar irradiance received from the panel increases. The proposed measurement system contributes to the visualization of 9 by 9 heat distribution across a given panel for thermal flow analysis in PV/T cooling design studies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC)
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509035960
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC.2017.7969759
Publication status	Published - 7 Jul 2017
Event	2017 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference - Torino, Italy Duration: 22 May 2017 → 25 May 2017

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Conference	2017 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Torino
Period	22/05/17 → 25/05/17

Keywords

Heat distribution
Infrared thermometer
NTC thermistor
Photovoltaic module
PV/T
Temperature measurement

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Instrumentation
Signal Processing
Biomedical Engineering

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Mangeni, G, Tan, RHG, Tan, TH, Cheo, SK, Mok, VH & Pang, JY 2017, Photovoltaic module cell temperature measurements using linear interpolation technique. in 2017 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC)., 7969759, IEEE, 2017 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Torino, Italy, 22/05/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC.2017.7969759

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