Performance investigation of a rectangular spiral flow PV/T collector with a novel form-stable composite material

Das, Dwijen; Bordoloi, Urbashi; Kamble, Akash Dilip; Muigai, Harrison Hihu; Pai, Ranjith Krishna; Kalita, Pankaj

doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.116035

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“…It was found that the overall energy and exergy efficiencies of the sheet-and-sinusoidal-tube collector were 9.1-15.5% and 1.1-2.6% higher than those of the sheet-and-plain-tube collector. Das et al [18] developed a novel rectangular spiral tube absorber with a transparent multi-crystalline PV module. In this design concept, a novel composite is fabricated and embedded in the enclosure formed by the PV and back cover to improve thermal (i.e., temperature) uniformity.…”

Section: Solar-thermal or Pv/t Collectorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Solar energy utilisation: Current status and roll-out potential

Taylor

et al. 2022

Applied Thermal Engineering

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Section: Solar-thermal or Pv/t Collectorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Solar energy utilisation: Current status and roll-out potential

Taylor

et al. 2022

Applied Thermal Engineering

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“…The model PV/T system's thermal and overall performance can be expressed using Equations ( 13) and ( 14). [52][53][54]…”

Section: Optical and Electrical Modelsmentioning

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Performance enhancement study of ag@ SiO ₂ core‐shell nanoplate plasmonic hybrid spectral splitting nanofluid based photovoltaic thermal system in a temperate region

Meraje

Huang

Ujihara

et al. 2022

Intl J of Energy Research

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Summary Nanofluid spectral splitting photovoltaic thermal (PV/T) systems have become immensely common for the utilization of full‐spectrum. The performance enhancement investigation of the plasmonic hybrid nanofluid spectral filtering PV/T system in dynamical modeling and a practical validation was carried out in this study. The Ag@SiO2 core‐shell nanoplate/ethylene glycol‐CoSO4 plasmonic hybrid nanofluid was synthesized to selectively absorb incident natural sunlight. We used H2O2 as a basic shape‐selective oxidant to synthesize the silver nanoplate using a one‐step method. This approach simplifies seed formation and transformation of spherical nanoparticles to different‐sized nanoplates. A practical study of the plasmonic hybrid nanofluid optical filtering PV/T system was conducted outdoors on sunny days to represent the temperate region and evaluate the dynamic modeling and the system's applicability in real situations. It was found that the plasmonic beam splitter serves as an efficient heat transfer medium and maintains the PV module around the ambient temperature. The highest temperature recorded on the typical day of our experiment was 51.62, 54.34, and 57.56°C for the ethylene‐CoSO4 base fluid and nanofluids with concentrations of 18.3 and 28.3 ppm, respectively, and 33.16°C for the PV panel. The highest overall performance of up to 87.6%, 86.4%, and 85.3% was attained by the spectral filtering plasmonic hybrid nanofluid PV/T system using a 27.3 and 18.3 ppm concentration ratio and hybrid base fluid, respectively. The study shows the nanofluid reduces the electricity output but produces higher merit function values than the PV standalone. This shows that the proposed nanofluid is a potential candidate for PV/T systems targeting utilization of full‐spectrum sunlight and enhancing the overall performance.

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“…The exergy improvement compared with the PV-PCM was 30.4% and the overall exergetic energy increased by 8.32%. Das et al (2020) developed a transparent multi-crystalline PV module with rectangular spiral absorber tubes directly glued to the PV backside. A 10mm layer of PCM (OM35) and biochar derived from water hyacinth was used as cooling media (Figure 18).…”

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A Review of the Recent Development of Photovoltaic/Thermal (PV/T) Systems and Their Applications

Noxpanco

Wilkins

Riffat

2020

Future Cities and Environment

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Hybrid photovoltaic/thermal systems have become an important energy technology due to their capacity of producing electrical and thermal energy simultaneously, their ease of integration into buildings and good overall performance. Conventional PV systems generate waste energy in the form of heat during the conversion of solar radiation into electricity. It has been shown that the electrical efficiency of PV panels decays with the rise in the PV cell temperature. Therefore, PV performance can be optimised if this heat is removed. Air and water are the most common media used for heat removal and the energy can then be used for heating applications in buildings. In the last five decades, researchers worldwide have carried out experimental studies, simulations and numerical modelling of different types of PV/T systems. In addition to water and air, heat removal methods such as refrigerants, PCM, heat pumps and nanofluids have been analysed. This work presents an overview and discussion of the research of the different PV/T thermal control systems of the last five years. The present study highlights key points of the different techniques that exist, such as overall efficiencies, parameters and configurations, type of system, the nature of work, country of development and applications. Based on this study, it was concluded that the PV/T systems are auspicious technology and that further work should be focused on the aesthetics of the systems to promote acceptance and improvement of the efficiency.

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Performance investigation of a rectangular spiral flow PV/T collector with a novel form-stable composite material

Cited by 77 publications

References 35 publications

Solar energy utilisation: Current status and roll-out potential

Solar energy utilisation: Current status and roll-out potential

Performance enhancement study of ag@ SiO ₂ core‐shell nanoplate plasmonic hybrid spectral splitting nanofluid based photovoltaic thermal system in a temperate region

A Review of the Recent Development of Photovoltaic/Thermal (PV/T) Systems and Their Applications

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Performance investigation of a rectangular spiral flow PV/T collector with a novel form-stable composite material

Cited by 77 publications

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Solar energy utilisation: Current status and roll-out potential

Solar energy utilisation: Current status and roll-out potential

Performance enhancement study of ag@ SiO 2 core‐shell nanoplate plasmonic hybrid spectral splitting nanofluid based photovoltaic thermal system in a temperate region

A Review of the Recent Development of Photovoltaic/Thermal (PV/T) Systems and Their Applications

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Performance enhancement study of ag@ SiO ₂ core‐shell nanoplate plasmonic hybrid spectral splitting nanofluid based photovoltaic thermal system in a temperate region