Development of an electrodynamic cooling system and simulator to improve the performance of a double faced photovoltaic system

Photovoltaic cooling is a way to improve electrical performance of photovoltaics against thermal effects. Based on this purpose, the thesis study is developed with three subsystems: Solar simulator system, dynamic control system and double faced photovoltaic system. Solar simulator system has two identical light sources, two identical photovoltaic panels back to back, cooler and heater. By activating heater, thermal effect on electrical performance of double faced system is observed. By activating cooler, cooling effect on electrical performance of double faced photovoltaic system is observed. Dynamic control system has two temperature sensors those are inside the solar simulator and outside the solar simulator. Based on temperature difference between temperature sensors, cooling mechanism is activated electrodynamically. Temperature measurement is done in a real-time manner. Double faced photovoltaic system is designed to improve electrical performance of photovoltaic systems. It is placed inside the solar simulator system to improve the output power. It is concluded that designed solar simulator system eases the observation of thermal and cooling effect on electrical performance of photovoltaic systems. Thanks to its time-independent and weather-independent operation, it is possible to conduct experiments in every day time, every month and every weather.