publication . Master thesis . 2016

Effect of Tank Size on the Temperature Distributions for Hybrid Photovoltaic/Thermal Water Heaters

Al-Masri, Ahmad;
Open Access English
  • Published: 01 Sep 2016
  • Publisher: Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ)
  • Country: Cyprus
Abstract
In the present study an investigation was conducted on the temperature distribution effect for several tank capacities (100 L, 120 L, 150 L and 200 L) having two different aspect ratios (H/D) for each capacity. Hot water is supplied to these tanks by a Hybrid PV/T collector of 4 m² illuminating area. The circulation of water within PV cells cools its surface area to solve the problem occurred in PV cells, where each 1°C increase in the surface module 0.45% of the electrical efficiency decrease. A pump circulates water from the bottom of the tank to PV/T collector and then dropped it at the top of the tank in order to maintain thermal stratification. It was obser...
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handle: 11129/3628
Subjects
free text keywords: Mechanical Engineering, Solar energy--Heat--Transmission, Solar water heaters--Solar thermal energy, Hybrid PV/T collector, storage tanks, thermal stratification, aspect ratio
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