Development of the solar roof tile with internal cooling

Abstract

This paper deals with the development of the roof tile with the integrated solar panel. This panel is cooled down with respect to maximizing of the efficiency. Dimensions of the tile are according generally used roof tile. Plastic solar tile can replace the regular one. The design of the tile was validated by usage of thermal simulations and flow simulations in NX Nastran software. These FEM solutions were validated by the measurement on the prototype. The output of this research is prototype from plastic material. This material was selected because of the fast and cheap production.