Abstract With the growing population, demand for a renewable energy source has reached to peak level. It is necessary to have that source available easily and in sufficient quantity so that with the diminishing non-renewable source, basic need of energy can be fulfilled. This source can be the all-time available source, ‘solar energy’. Concern of most of the countries is just to make the availability of this source better and cheaper. Researches are ongoing in this field. This paper presents the thermal analysis for 10 W polycrystalline solar photovoltaic module with regard to the first and second laws of thermodynamics by taking analytical and experimental test reading at the energy centre, MANIT, Bhopal, India, on a hazy day of 20 June, 2016. We have to evaluate energy, exergy or availability, and power conversion efficiency of the module. This evaluation depends on parameters like solar intensity, wind speed, module temperature and ambient temperature. Exergetic efficiency of polycrystalline photovoltaic module varied from 10.85 to 1.31% throughout the day. It is clear that PV modules are very promising devices and there exists a lot of scope to further improve their performances. All these evaluations and analyses will result to give recommendation that will be befitted to improve the efficiency of PV module, along with making it cost effective and more compatible in today’s market. Keywords: Energy efficiency, exergy efficiency, power conversion efficiency, PV moduleCite this Article Ankit Singh, Saxena NV. Thermal Analysis (Energy and Exergy) of Crystalline Silicon Solar Photovoltaic Module for Hazy Day. Journal of Thermal Engineering and Applications. 2016; 3(3): 8–19p.
