Ventilation Analysis and Simulation for Inverter of Photovoltaic Power Plant. (2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tang, Liang; Shi, Zhaohui; Yang, Xiaohua
• Is Part Of: Procedia engineering. Volume 205(2017)
• Page Start: 1820
• Page End: 1827
• Publication Date: 2017
• Subjects: Photovoltaic power plant -- Inverter ventilation -- Energy saving; Engineering -- Congresses; Engineering -- Periodicals; Engineering; Conference proceedings; Periodicals; 620.005
• DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2017.10.241
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1877-7058

Abstract

Abstract: Inverter is one of the most important equipment in photovoltaic power plant. Ventilation cooling can affect inverter efficiency, and then affect the photovoltaic power plant reliability. This paper analyses several different ventilation schemes for integrated inverter, and compares two CFD models which are ventilation with and without hood and duct using simulation software "ANSYS FLUENT". The CFD simulation shows that hood and duct can improve the cooling effect. The paper shows that inverter ventilation with hood and duct can reduce the energy cost and ensures the photovoltaic power plant reliability, this ventilation scheme is recommend for inverter room ventilation.