Abstract This paper proposes a novel use of bifacial photovoltaic solar panel modules for offshore power production. The proposed bifacial photovoltaic module utilizes the reflected solar irradiance from the water surface. The performance of the system is assessed through simulating a bifacial photovoltaic module mounted on a floater covered with aluminum sheets. The performance of the proposed system is simulated under various operating and design parameters including the location of the sun throughout the day, solar irradiance intensity, as well as wavy and still water conditions and orientation of the module using the COMSOL. It is found that the north/south facing bifacial module experienced a maximum of 55% increase in exposure to irradiance compared to a mono-facial module when operating on the water surface. As for the east/west facing module, it experiences a maximum of 31% exposure to irradiance relative to a mono-facial module. The wavy water simulation yielded similar results, the maximum increase in irradiance exposure is 49% and 33% for the north/south and east/west facing module. Moreover, the energy efficiency of a bifacial module is assessed relative to a mono-facial module. The minimum and maximum energy efficiency gains are calculated as 2.8% and 11.9%, respectively.

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一种新的海上应用双面光伏太阳能电池板性能评估方法

摘要 本文提出了一种将双面光伏太阳能电池板模块用于海上发电的新用途。拟议的双面光伏模块利用从水面反射的太阳辐照度。该系统的性能是通过模拟安装在铝板覆盖的浮子上的双面光伏模块来评估的。所提出的系统的性能在各种操作和设计参数下进行模拟，包括全天太阳的位置、太阳辐照强度，以及使用 COMSOL 的模块的波浪和静水条件和方向。结果表明，在水面上运行时，朝北/朝南的双面组件与单面组件相比，其辐照度最多增加了 55%。至于朝东/朝西的模块，相对于单面模块，它经历了最多 31% 的辐照度暴露。波浪水模拟产生了类似的结果，北/南和东/西模块的最大辐照度增加分别为 49% 和 33%。此外，双面模块的能源效率是相对于单面模块进行评估的。最小和最大能效增益分别计算为 2.8% 和 11.9%。