Investigating the performance of a water-based PVT system using encapsulated PCM balls: An experimental study

Hamada, Alaa; Emam, Mohamed; Refaey, H.A.; Moawed, M.; Abdelrahman, M.A.

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2023.128574

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“…Aluminum has been considered as the material for the heat sink because of its high thermal conductivity and better thermal regulation of CPV systems, [ 37 ] with water as a coolant due to low cost, availability, safety, and better thermal performance. [ 38,39 ] The PV module under investigation comprises 12 210 mm × 105 mm monocrystalline half‐cut cells manufactured by Schutten Solar [ 40 ] connected in series, as represented in Figure 2 .…”

Section: Solar Cpv‐t Configurationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The inclusion of silver nanoparticles in the colloidal mixture resulted in a significant fourfold rise in both electrical and thermal power. Hamada et al [ 19 ] introduced a novel approach to enhance the performance of PV panels, presenting a PV‐T system integrated with phase change material (PCM) capsules. Their study demonstrated that the PVT‐PCM system without backside insulation effectively boosts electrical power generation by intensifying the cooling effect.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Integrated Model for Comprehensive Performance Investigation of Solar Concentrated Photovoltaic‐Thermal System Embedded with Microchannel Heat Sinks

Chaurasia,

Reddy

2024

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Concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) is a well‐established renewable energy technology. A significant challenge in CPV systems is their low efficiency, majorly due to localized heating yielded from concentration, often requiring the use of cooling systems. The accurate performance analysis and cooling system design for CPV systems require a multiphysics model. Herein, an integrated optical–thermal–electrical model is proposed for the performance evaluation of CPV systems incorporated with different configurations of microchannel heat sinks. The heat sink configuration includes 116 parallel and counter microchannels (Configuration A and B), a single wide microchannel (Configuration C), and single wide minichannel (Configuration D) heat sinks. This study involves 3D Monte‐Carlo ray tracing, finite volume method, and cell‐based electrical modeling. The results indicate that the flux profile over the absorber is highly nonuniform in nature. Furthermore, the CPV system with a Configuration C heat sink achieves a better uniformity in temperature, providing an optimized thermal performance of 64.63%. Moreover, the integrated model considers the impact of PV cell current mismatch that becomes prominent at increasing incidence angles. A maximum deviation of 6.9% in electrical power is obtained while comparing predicted numerical results against experimental results available in literature.

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Section: Solar Cpv‐t Configurationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%