Now a day's development of Renewable energy Industry has become the need of the society. Nonconventional energy is clean, pollution free and eco-friendly source of energy. Among the various sources of energy solar energy is the mother of all forms of energy. Due to high temperature Photovoltaic module experiences short effect (efficiency loss) and long effect (permanent damage) degradation. Therefore Cooling of Photovoltaic is one of the main concerns for enhancing the performance of the PV system. As per standard condition the efficiency of solar cell declines by about 0.5% for every one degree rise in temperature. The Cooling of Photovoltaic varies from individual cells to concentrator technology. In this paper experiments have been conducted with water cooling arrangement to study the efficiency factor of the PV module. Results shows water circulation on the front surface of module decreases the temperature by 5°C where as maximum power and efficiency increases by 2%.
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