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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026)

Published: March 31, 2026

Pages: 43-50

Research Article

Effect of Solar Module Operating Temperature on Electric Parameters of Photovoltaic Monocrystalline Module

ُEmad Talib Hashim 1 Nadeem Fahad Kadhum 1
1 Energy Department, College of Engineering, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.
History
  • Received: March 4, 2026
  • Revised: March 30, 2026
  • Accepted: March 30, 2026
  • Available Online: March 31, 2026
DOI

https://doi.org/10.65505/ETES-26-0001

Abstract

50W monocrystalline silicon solar module performance is tested with experimental measurements conducted at Baghdad city /Al-Jaderia (33.26 N, 44.21E). Solar irradiance striking is subjected to more losses which after the experiments conducted resulted approximately in 15% of the total energy which is converted into electric power energy. To study the effect of temperature variations on solar performance, solar irradiance must be kept constant and vice versa. Therefore, to have of the temperature range and for more accuracy, the measurements was done for tested module with three solar radiations levels; 500, 750 and 1000 W/m2.  The maximum value of power (Pmax) at solar radiation intensity 1000W/m² was 46.34 W on January  2025 at cell temperature 24.1 oC, with the corresponding the maximum open voltage, and open circuit current 18.28 V, and 2.944 A respectively. The highest value of efficiency was 13.5 % January 2025 at solar radiation 500W/m². Consequently, The minimum  value of power (Pmax) at solar radiation intensity 500W/m² was 27.54 W on October   2024 at cell temperature 40.5 oC, with the corresponding the maximum open voltage, and open circuit current 18.01 V, and 1.752 A respectively. The lowest value of efficiency was 6.9 % October 2024 at solar radiation 1000W/m². In general, the results showed slightly decrease  in short circuit current with temperature increasing. With temperatures change great influence on the output voltage especially on open circuit voltage while very small decrease in the output current has been noticed.

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