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Tso, Chih Ping and Mhd Noor, Ervina Efzan and Sultan Al Shaibani, Sakhr Mohammed (2018) The effect of mass flow rate and solar radiation on the photovoltaic efficiency of a glazed water based PVT. In: AIP Conference Proceedings 2030, 020309 (2018), 2018.

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Abstract

Problems such as low photovoltaic module (PV) efficiency due to the increase in cell temperature, and limited roof space for separate PV and thermal collector system give rise to the idea of combining the two systems in one hybrid module called the photovoltaic solar thermal collector (PVT). An improved parallel flow arrangement absorber that is completely underneath the PV has been designed and fabricated to enhance the PVT performance. The PVT performance for the improved parallel flow was tested and compared with the conventional direct flow absorber in terms of the PV efficiency, for different mass flow rates ranging from 0.03 to 0.06 kg/s, different solar radiation varying from 400 to 850 W/m2. It was found that the improved absorber design achieves better system performance than the direct flow design for the same operating conditions. The maximum PV efficiency is 12.51 %, for the improved parallel flow, as compared to 12.43 % for the direct flow design.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Photovoltaic power systems
Subjects:	T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering > TK1001-1841 Production of electric energy or power. Powerplants. Central stations
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET)
Depositing User:	Ms Suzilawati Abu Samah
Date Deposited:	07 Mar 2021 01:01
Last Modified:	07 Mar 2021 01:01
URII:	http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/7345

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