Design and Simulation of a Solar Chimney PV/T Power Plant in Northwest China

Table 4

Comparison of PV model power, PVT power contribution, and total PV-related power contribution (PV + PVT) in the present study and the PV power generation without airflow cooling by taking PV power generation under ambient temperature as a reference.

Month		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Average
PV power generation under ambient temperature, PPV_Ta	Value/MW	17.15	17.51	23.13	24.36	25.91	26.64	25.46	24.25	23.14	19.48	15.46	15.17	21.47
	Percentage to PPV_Ta/%	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
PV model power in the present study	Value/MW	17.15	17.09	21.00	21.07	21.50	21.50	20.48	19.85	19.70	17.70	15.03	15.17	18.94
	Percentage to PPV_Ta/%	100.00	97.60	90.79	86.49	82.98	80.71	80.44	81.86	85.13	90.86	97.22	100.00	88.19
PVT power contribution in the present study	Value/MW	0.85	0.85	1.13	1.16	1.22	1.23	1.16	1.10	1.08	0.91	0.72	0.73	1.01
	Percentage to PPV_Ta/%	4.96	4.85	4.89	4.76	4.71	4.62	4.56	4.54	4.67	4.67	4.66	4.81	4.72
Total PV-related power contribution (PV + PVT)	Value/MW	18.00	17.94	22.13	22.23	22.72	22.73	21.64	20.95	20.78	18.61	15.75	15.90	19.95
	Percentage to PPV_Ta/%	104.96	102.46	95.68	91.26	87.69	85.32	85.00	86.39	89.80	95.53	101.88	104.81	92.91
PV power generation without airflow cooling	Value/MW	12.27	12.77	15.56	16.67	17.68	18.29	18.17	17.62	16.69	14.57	12.00	11.39	15.31
	Percentage to PPV_Ta/%	71.55	72.93	67.27	68.43	68.24	68.66	71.37	72.66	72.13	74.79	77.62	75.08	71.29