How cool is floating PV? A state-of-the-art review of floating PV's potential gain and computational fluid dynamics modeling to find its root cause

Special Issue on ‘WCPEC-8: State of the Art and Developments in Photovoltaics’, edited by Alessandra Scognamiglio, Robert Kenny, Shuzi Hayase and Arno Smets

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Table 2

The thermal properties of the materials used throughout the paper (∗ Indicates values obtained from COMSOL material library).

Material	Density ρ (kg/m³)	Thermal Conductivity K (W/m·K)	Heat Capacity Cp (J/kg·K)
Tempered Glass	3000 [58]	1.8 [58]	500 [58]
EVA	948 [59]	0.34 [60]	2090 [59]
Silicon	2330 [59]	148 [59]	677 [59]
Backsheet	1200 [59]	0.18 [59]	1250 [59]
Aluminum	2700 [23]	237 [59]	900 [23]
HDPE	960 [61]	0.48 [62]	2250 [63]
Air ∗	1.18	1.7	1014
Water ∗	998	0.6	4185
Soil	1700 [64]	0.98 [65]	1419 [64]

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