Review of Control Strategies for Improving the Photovoltaic Electrical Efficiency by Hybrid Active Cooling

Photovoltaic (PV) cooling systems are used widely in order to increase the PV efficiency. Most review paper was published for the role, design and cooling techniques of PV applications, there is a lack of collected and organised information regarding the latest and the newest updates on control strategies for PV cooling control systems. Hence, this paper presents a comprehensive review of PV cooling control strategies discussing the latest research works during the years from 2010 to 2022. PV/T hybrid cooling types are highlighted, followed by the main focus of this paper an extensive review of the control schemes for diverse types of PV cooling systems that have been carried out. This paper summarises most of the related work and also pays a special focus on research trends regarding the control of PV cooling systems that have been previously published in the literature. This review paper will be helpful to new researchers when identifying research directions for this particular area of interest.