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Sultan, Sakhr M. and Abdullah, M. Z. and Tso, Chih Ping and Nik Abllah, N. F. and Zakaria, N. and Ajeel, Raheem K. and Sobayel, K. (2024) An economic feasibility assessment of implementing photovoltaic module reflectors under Malaysian meteorological conditions. Scientific Reports, 14 (1). ISSN 2045-2322

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Abstract

The use of a refector can increase the solar radiation on the photovoltaic module (PV) surface, whereby the energy output can be improved. However, the economic feasibility may need to be considered too. This study is conducted, for the frst time, due to the lack of studies regarding the economic feasibility assessment of implementing refectors under the Malaysian meteorological conditions. The outcome will give information about the suitability for implementing a PV refector in Malaysia through an experimental setup at a sewage treatment site, for two months in 2022. The Malaysian meteorological data, which include daily solar radiation, ambient temperature and wind velocity, were collected to study the output energy, efciency and the economic perspective of a PV. In February 2022, the PV was operating without a refector and the averaged values for the monthly solar radiation, ambient temperature and wind velocity were 539.9 MJ/m2 , 28.4 °C and 2.2 m/s, respectively, which resulted in an output energy of 106.43 kWh. On the other hand, for April 2022, the PV was operating with a refector. With the respective averaged input parameters 544.98 MJ/ m2 , 28.9 °C and 1.51 m/s, the output energy was 121.94 kWh. It is thus shown that the PV with a refector increases the PV’s output energy by 14.57%. Also, it is shown that the cost-efective factor value is 0.955 which means that the PV refector is economically feasible to be implemented under the Malaysian meteorological conditions. Hence, extensive research should be conducted to improve the performance of PV refectors. The fndings of this paper maybe useful for researchers and/or manufacturers of PV refectors.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Solar energy, Photovoltaic module.
Subjects:	T Technology > TJ Mechanical Engineering and Machinery > TJ807-830 Renewable energy sources
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET)
Depositing User:	Ms Nurul Iqtiani Ahmad
Date Deposited:	04 Mar 2024 00:58
Last Modified:	04 Mar 2024 00:58
URII:	http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/12137

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