Research Article

Temperature Regulation of Photovoltaic Module Using Phase Change Material: A Numerical Analysis and Experimental Investigation

Table 1

Comparative performance analysis of the PV-PCM system obtained by different researchers [11, 16, 17, 24].

ResearchersUsed PCMTemperature without PCMTemperature with PCMTemperature reductionConstant temperature period

Jun Huang [16]RT-27°C53–60°C35–40°C10°C–15°C4–6 hours
Hendricks and Van Sark [11]RT-27°C53–60°C35–40°C10°C–15°C4–6 hours
Hasan et al. [17]RT-22°C53–60°C30–35°C15°C–18°C4–6 hours
Proposed system for MalaysiaRT-35°C53–60°C40–42°C10°C–12°C4–6 hours