Alobaid, M., Hughes, B., O Connor, D. et al. (2 more authors) (2018) Improving thermal and electrical efficiency in photovoltaic thermal systems for sustainable cooling system integration. Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, 6 (2). pp. 305-322. ISSN 1848-9257
Abstract
Research into photovoltaic thermal systems is important in solar technologies as photovoltaic thermal systems are designed to produce both electrical and thermal energy, this can lead to improved performance of the overall system. The performance of photovoltaic thermal systems is based on several factors that include photovoltaic thermal materials, design, ambient temperature, inlet and outlet fluid temperature and photovoltaic cell temperature. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of photovoltaic thermal outlet water temperatures and solar cell temperature on both electrical and thermal efficiency for different range of inlet water temperature. To achieve this, a mathematical model of a photovoltaic thermal system was developed to calculate the anticipated system performance. The factors that affect the efficiency of photovoltaic thermal collectors were discussed and the outlet fluid temperature from the photovoltaic thermal is investigated in order to reach the highest overall efficiency for the solar cooling system. An average thermal and electrical efficiency of 65% and 13.7%, respectively, was achieved and the photovoltaic thermal mathematical model was validated with experimental data from literature.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018, International Centre for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems SDEWES. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Solar cooling; Solar collectors; Thermal efficiency; Electrical efficiency; Outlet temperature; Photovoltaic thermal systems; Photovoltaic |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Mechanical Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 14 Jun 2018 11:25 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 21:22 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.13044/j.sdewes.d5.0187 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SDEWES Centre |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.13044/j.sdewes.d5.0187 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:131654 |