Indoor simulation and testing of photovoltaic thermal (PV/T) air collectors

S.C. Solanki; Swapnil Dubey; A. Tiwari

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.03.013

Indoor simulation and testing of photovoltaic thermal (PV/T) air collectors

S.C. Solanki, Swapnil Dubey, A. Tiwari

Faculty of Engineering Technology

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Abstract

An indoor standard test procedure has been developed for thermal and electrical testing of PV/T collectors connected in series. For this, a PV/T solar air heater has been designed, fabricated and its performance over different operating parameters were studied. Based on the energy balance equations, in a steady state condition, a thermal model has been developed. Comparison between experimental and theoretical results were also been carried out. The thermal and electrical efficiency of the solar heater is 42% and 8.4%, respectively. This test procedure can be used by manufacturers for testing of different types of PV modules in order to optimize its products.

Original language	Undefined
Pages (from-to)	2421-2428
Journal	Applied energy
Volume	86
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.03.013
Publication status	Published - 2009

Keywords

Solar air heater
Thermal efficiency
IR-80153
Hybrid PV/T system
Electrical efficiency

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