Microsoft Word - 09-3682_s_ETASR_V10_N5_pp6200-6203 Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research Vol. 10, No. 5, 2020, 6200-6203 6200 www.etasr.com Patnaik et al.: An Experimental Study of Greenhouse Gas Concentration on the Maximum Power Point … An Experimental Study of Greenhouse Gas Concentration on the Maximum Power Point of Solar PV Panels Bhabani Patnaik School of Electrical Engineering KIIT Deemed to be University Bhubaneswar, India bhabani.twinkle@gmail.com Sarat Chandra Swain School of Electrical Engineering KIIT Deemed to be University Bhubaneswar, India scs_132@rediffmail.com Ullash Kumar Rout Department of Electrical Engineering College of Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar, India ullashrout@rediffmail.com Abstract−The energy demand increases along with demographic and development growth. India is the second-most populous country in the world and most of its population needs more energy as its human and energy development indices are rather low. So, the country depends on cheaper sources of energy which have ample effects on the environment. Many energy sources are polluting, but solar energy is pollution-free and its availability is abundant with zero cost. Solar Photo Voltaic (PV) technology is the best technology to harness electricity. The effect of varying environmental factors regulates the performance factors of this technology. Its efficiency mainly depends on the concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs), ambient temperature, module temperature, incoming solar radiation intensity, and PV material composition. To understand the behavior of solar panels on maximum power point under various GHGs concentrations, three experiments were conducted. One in normal atmospheric CO2 concentration and two in higher CO2 concentration chambers. Keywords-solar PV; GHGs; CO2 concentration; OTC; MPP I. INTRODUCTION As of 2019, 35% of India's installed electric generation is from renewable sources [1], which is globally the largest producer percentage. Even though India is committed by the Paris agreement that by 2030, 40% of its total electric energy will be generated from non-fossil fuels, it targets to achieve 57% by 2027. Until the end of 2019, India's total renewable energy capacity was 130.68GW which is 35.7% of its total electricity generation [2]. The government of India has focused on solar PV systems due to their reliable and cost-effective nature [3]. Especially in India, the climatic conditions are suitable for this technology because it needs higher solar irradiation as input to acquire better output at standard test conditions [4]. Nowadays, different types of solar PV modules are used (polycrystalline, monocrystalline, etc.) [5]. The output of a solar PV depends on various factors like Greenhouse Gases (GHGs), module material, panel area, cable thickness, climatic conditions (humidity, temperature), etc. [6]. Due to the growing population and the climate change, GHGs also increase vigorously. GHGs include CO2, CH4, NO2, SF6, O3, perfluorocarbons (PFCs), water vapors, etc. Out of all these gases, CH4 and CO2 have the highest effect due to their higher concentrations in the atmosphere (16% and 65% respectively). It can be concluded that it is necessary to produce more green electricity as the climatic changes [7]. II. THE CONCENTRATION OF CO2 IN THE ATMOSPHERE The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere ranges from 380 to 420ppm, to an average of 400ppm. It has been shown that the polluting gases from fossil fuels and industry will grow by 3.2% by 2020. The burning of fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum products, and natural gas produces CO2. It is observed that the rate of growth is increasing day by day due to the heavy demand for energy production and transportation [8]. In this paper, a higher concentration of CO2 was taken to analyze the performance of solar PV panels under these climatic conditions because as the CO2 concentration increases, so is the demand of renewable energy (i.e. especially solar PV technology). From Figure 1, we can see the rate of growth of CO2 in every 10 years. Fig. 1. The increasing rate of CO2 concentration. III. EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS An experimental analysis has conducted in the National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack. They had built special chambers, known as Open Top Chambers (OTCs) [9], where the concentration of CO2 is kept higher than its atmospheric concentration (400ppm).Two OTCs were made with two Corresponding author: Bhabani Patnaik Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research Vol. 10, No. 5, 2020, 6200-6203 6201 www.etasr.com Patnaik et al.: An Experimental Study of Greenhouse Gas Concentration on the Maximum Power Point … different concentrations of CO2, 550ppm and 575ppm respectively. The experiment was carried out for three days (10 A.M. to 4 P.M.) in dry season (oct-15-2019 to oct-17-2019). The OTCs were used for conducting the CO2 enrichment experiment. They were arranged in the field with a block design which is rectangular in shape (6m×4m×3m). These chambers are made up of transparent polycarbonate sheets with about 80 to 90% transparency. The upper part of the OTC is open. The temperature for all the chambers was recorded with a digital thermometer. Pure CO2 gas was blown (2.5kg/cm 2 ) inside the OTCs through perforated polyvinyl tubes regulated by solenoid valves. The CO2 data logging, sampling and the concentration of each CO2 on each OTC were performed by a personal computer (PC) through an automatic digital meter and a microcontroller. Figures 2-3 show the design of open-top chambers and the system where the CO2 concentration, temperature and humidity were recorded. Fig. 2. OTCs with different CO2 concentrations. Fig. 3. The recording system. In order to evaluate the performance of the solar PV panels under higher CO2 concentrations, three 20W PV modules were kept in three different OTCs. The experimental set-up of each chamber is given in Figures 4-6. Each module was kept in its respective chamber and the measuring instruments were kept outside, so that the effect of CO2 on the solar PV panel could be properly analyzed. Fig. 4. Solar PV Panel under OTC 1 with 575ppm CO2 concentration. Fig. 5. Solar PV panel in OTC 4 with 550ppm CO2 concentration. Fig. 6. Solar PV panel on atmospheric CO2 concentration of 400 ppm. The solar PV module description and the required instruments for the experiment are given in tabular form in Table I. The experiment was conducted in order to acquire knowledge of the effect of higher concentrations of CO2 on the performance of a solar PV module. The experimental analysis has continued for three days and the data were properly Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research Vol. 10, No. 5, 2020, 6200-6203 6202 www.etasr.com Patnaik et al.: An Experimental Study of Greenhouse Gas Concentration on the Maximum Power Point … synthesized and analyzed. In this paper, the data of only a single data are shown, representing the best outcome from the three-day experiment. TABLE I. REQUIRED INSTRUMENTS FOR THE EXPERIMENT Instruments required Range Unit Solar panel 20W 3 Ampmeter 0-1A (DC) 3 Voltmeter (multimeter) 0-100V (DC) 3 Rheostat 0-145Ω 3 Solar meter Measuring irradiation 1 Solar PV stand Tilt angle-22deg. 3 Thermometer 0- 500 0 C. 3 TABLE II. SOLAR PV MODULE SPECIFICATIONS Parameter Specification Maximum power 20W Maximum voltage 18.25V Maximum current 1.10A Open circuit voltage 21.96V Short circuit current 1.17A Cell technology Polycrystalline Dimension (mm) (356×490×20) IV. RESULTS All the data were taken simultaneously for the three systems on a sunny day. Voltage, current, ambient temperature, and module temperature of all setups were taken each hour from 10 AM to 4 PM. The Maximum Power Point (MPP) was traced from these data. In Figure 7, the data were taken at 10 AM when the irradiation was 715W/m 2 , in Figure 8, at 11 AM when the irradiation was 850W/m 2 , in Figure 9, at noon when the irradiation was 915W/m 2 , in Figure 10, the data were taken at 1 PM when the irradiation was 750W/m 2 , in Figure 11, the data were taken at 2 PM when the irradiation was 660 w/m 2 , in Figure 12 at 3 PM with 550 W/m 2 irradiation, and in Figure 13at 4 PM when the irradiation was 400W/m 2 . Fig. 7. PV characteristics at 10 AM. Fig. 8. Solar PV characteristics at 11 AM. Fig. 9. Solar PV characteristics at 12 AM. Fig. 10. Solar PV characteristics at 1 PM. Fig. 11. Solar PV characteristics at 2 PM. Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research Vol. 10, No. 5, 2020, 6200-6203 6203 www.etasr.com Patnaik et al.: An Experimental Study of Greenhouse Gas Concentration on the Maximum Power Point … Fig. 12. Solar PV characteristics at 3 PM Fig. 13. Solar PV characteristics at 4 PM. V. DISCUSSION We can verify from the graphs that as the irradiation increases, the temperature of the panel also increases but at the same time, the increase of CO2 concentration has a major effect on the temperature of the solar panel. At 10 AM, the maximum power of the solar panel at 575ppm CO2 was 3.85W, at 550ppm it was 4.125W, and at 400ppm it was 4.5W. Similarly, at 11 AM the maximum power of the solar panel at 575ppm was 4.03W, at 550ppm was 4.074W whereas at 400ppm it was 4.509W. We can see that when the panels were under the highest radiation (noon time), the maximum power of solar panel at 575ppm was 4.53W, at 550ppm was 4.585W whereas at 400ppm it was 4.816W. Similarly, we can observe at every hour of that day the output maximum power or MPP of the solar PV module at 550ppm is less than the MPP of the PV module at 400ppm (ambient). And the module which is kept at 575ppm gives less MPP than the module kept at 550ppm. It should be noted that the same irradiance is absorbed by all the panels and that the data were taken simultaneously. Due to the higher CO2 concentration, the ambient temperature of 550ppm and 575ppm OTCs was higher than the ambient temperature of the panel with 400ppm CO2 concentration. Due to the increase in the ambient temperature of the OTCs, the solar PV module temperature increased, which effected the MPP of the panel as shown in Figures 7-13. A small increase of the ambient temperature affects disproportionately the panel temperature and thus the maximum power of the solar PV panel is gradually decreasing. VI. CONCLUSION In 2000, the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere was 366ppm, and now (2020) the concentration of CO2 is 400 to 405ppm. Meanwhile, the demand for solar PV energy is increasing dramatically. Research in many aspects is conducted to get maximum efficiency from the solar PV panels. 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