TY - JOUR AU - Kasim, Naseer Kareem AU - Hussain, Hazim Hamoud AU - Abed, Alaa Najem PY - 2022/07/14 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Increasing the Power Output of a PV Solar System by Using a Cooling-Reflector Assembly JF - Proceedings of Engineering and Technology Innovation JA - Proc. eng. technol. innov. VL - 22 IS - 0 SE - Articles DO - 10.46604/peti.2022.9976 UR - https://ojs.imeti.org/index.php/PETI/article/view/9976 SP - 40-49 AB - <p>There are various methods that can be employed to increase the lifespan and power output of photovoltaic (PV) systems. This study aims to increase the power output of a grid-connected PV system by using a water-cooling unit and solar reflectors. The PV modules of the current PV system are divided into two clusters. The first cluster, which is considered an improved cluster, has a solar reflector-cooling unit added to it, while the second cluster is used as a reference. The results show that the maximum efficiency and performance ratio values of the improved and reference PV modules at 10:30 AM are 14.7% &amp; 13.7% and 97.5% &amp; 91.2%, respectively. The maximum electrical power values of the improved and reference PV modules at 12:00 PM are 2.55 W and 1.69 W, respectively. The maximum gain value for electrical power is 43%.</p> ER -