Performance evaluation of photovoltaic thermal greenhouse dryer and development of characteristic curve

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“…Following Shyam et al (2015aShyam et al ( , 2015b, using above equations, the average solar cell temperature and the temperature dependent solar cell electrical efficiency can be expressed as T cN ¼ F sc IðtÞ þ F ac T a þ F ic T fi ðU tc;a þ U tc;p Þ ð10Þ…”

“…The energy balances of different components of the system has been written for quasi steady state one dimensional heat conduction and neglecting the ohmic losses (Shyam et al (2015a(Shyam et al ( , 2015b):…”

“…They discussed the latest developments and advancement of a solar water heating systems in terms of optical optimization, heat loss reduction, heat recuperation enhancement and different sun tracking mechanisms. Shyam et al (2015aShyam et al ( , 2015b analytically analyzed the performance of partially covered series connected N-PVT water collectors for the month January of New Delhi (India) climatic conditions. They studied two different arrangements viz.…”

Can desiccant cooled, closed greenhouses work in Australia?

“…Semi-permeable photovoltaics were considered for this application however it was found that they cannot filter PAR and are no more effective than shade cloth in terms of reducing the heat load on the greenhouse [40][41][42][43]. For these reasons, semi-permeable photovoltaics were discounted from this analysis.…”