publication . Other literature type . Article . 2013

Comparative Study Of Two New Configurations Of Solar Photovoltaic Thermal Collectors

Name: Comparative Study Of Two New Configurations Of Solar Photovoltaic Thermal Collectors
Keywords: Experimental, Photovoltaic, Solar, Temperature.

K. Touafek; A. Khelifa; E. H. Khettaf; A. Embarek;

Open Access English

Published: 03 Nov 2013

Publisher: Zenodo

Summary

Abstract

Hybrid photovoltaic thermal (PV/T) solar system comprises a solar collector which is disposed on photovoltaic solar cells. The disadvantage of a conventional photovoltaic cell is that its performance decreases as the temperature increases. Indeed, part of the solar radiation is converted into electricity and is dissipated as heat, increasing the temperature of the photovoltaic cell with respect to the ambient temperature. The objective of this work is to study experimentally and implement a hybrid prototype to evaluate electrical and thermal performance. In this paper, an experimental study of two new configurations of hybrid collectors is exposed. The results a...