Improving thermal and electrical efficiency in photovoltaic thermal systems for sustainable cooling system integration
Alobaid, Mohammad and Hughes, Ben and O’Connor, Dominic and Calautit, John and Heyes, Andrew (2018) Improving thermal and electrical efficiency in photovoltaic thermal systems for sustainable cooling system integration. Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, 6 (2). pp. 305-322. ISSN 1848-9257 (https://doi.org/10.13044/j.sdewes.d5.0187)
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Abstract
Research into photovoltaic thermal systems is important in solar technologies as photovoltaic thermal systems are designed to produce both electrical and thermal energy, this can lead to improved performance of the overall system. The performance of photovoltaic thermal systems is based on several factors that include photovoltaic thermal materials, design, ambient temperature, inlet and outlet fluid temperature and photovoltaic cell temperature. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of photovoltaic thermal outlet water temperatures and solar cell temperature on both electrical and thermal efficiency for different range of inlet water temperature. To achieve this, a mathematical model of a photovoltaic thermal system was developed to calculate the anticipated system performance. The factors that affect the efficiency of photovoltaic thermal collectors were discussed and the outlet fluid temperature from the photovoltaic thermal is investigated in order to reach the highest overall efficiency for the solar cooling system. An average thermal and electrical efficiency of 65% and 13.7%, respectively, was achieved and the photovoltaic thermal mathematical model was validated with experimental data from literature.
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Alobaid, Mohammad, Hughes, Ben, O’Connor, Dominic, Calautit, John and Heyes, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-7835;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 67867 Dates: DateEvent30 June 2018Published13 October 2017AcceptedSubjects: Technology > Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Department: Faculty of Engineering > Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 15 May 2019 15:22 Last modified: 17 Sep 2024 00:38 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/67867