A photovoltaic/thermal system with a combination of a booster diffuse reflector and vacuum tube for generation of electricity and hot water production
| Autor: | Reza Hosseini, Milad Mohsenzadeh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Materials science
Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Water flow business.industry Nuclear engineering Photovoltaic system law.invention Photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector Optics Solar air conditioning law Photovoltaics Solar cell Passive solar building design Solar cable business |
| Zdroj: | Renewable Energy. 78:245-252 |
| ISSN: | 0960-1481 |
| Popis: | Using water as a coolant to reduce the temperature of solar cells is one of the best methods for improving the efficiency of a photovoltaic/thermal system. However the heat absorbed from the solar cell panel is not enough for providing domestic hot water. In this article, a new architecture of photovoltaic/thermal system is proposed and investigated. A silicon monocrystalline photovoltaic module is used with appropriate reflectors in order to increase insolation in conjunction with a closed loop cooling facility to efficiently extract the panel's heat. The absorbed heat from the photovoltaic/thermal panel, is used to preheat the water flow before entering four vacuum tube solar water heaters placed on both sides of the photovoltaic/thermal panel. Performance evaluation of this system in comparison to a similar bare photovoltaic panel, showed a significant increase in the system's electrical and thermal energy output. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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