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Temperature Characteristics Analysis of Major Heating Region According to Cooling Device Location of Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Inverter

계통연계형 태양광 인버터의 냉각장치 위치에 따른 주요발열부 온도특성 해석

  • Received : 2014.06.21
  • Accepted : 2014.07.18
  • Published : 2014.07.31
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Abstract

To combine to the power transmission, photovoltaic inverter is demanded, because the photovoltaic system is generated direct current power. However, photovoltaic inverter is sensitive to high temperature. In the temperature rising such as at noon and on summer, efficiency of machine is decreased due to the loss increment. Because this problem causes national energy loss according to the expanding the photovoltaic industry, countermeasure is demanded. There, in this paper, we installed a cooling system using a thermoelement regardless of the temperature. Also, we analyze the cooling effect according to the position of two fans which improve the effect maximize.

무한정한 발전자원과 무공해성 등의 장점을 가진 태양광 발전 시스템은 직류전력을 생산하기 때문에 계통의 연계송전이 가능한 교류전력으로 변환시켜주기 위해서는 태양광 인버터의 사용이 필요하다. 외부에 옥외형 구조로 노출되어 설치되는 소용량의 태양광 인버터는 태양이 강하게 내리쬐는 낮 시간 및 여름철과 같이 외부 환경의 온도가 상승함에 따라 에너지 손실이 발생하고 효율이 감소하게 된다. 태양광 발전 산업의 범위가 확대됨에 따라 태양광 인버터 또한, 상당한 에너지 손실 문제를 야기하므로 이에 따른 대책이 필요하다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 온도조건에 구애받지 않도록 태양광 인버터 외함에 열전소자를 부착한 냉각장치를 설치하고 냉각효과의 극대화를 위해 두 개의 냉각장치를 사용하여 위치 조절에 따른 냉각효과를 비교분석하고자 한다.

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