Thermal Modeling of Photovoltaic Thermal System with Polymer Sheet in Tube Absorber Collector

Abstract:

This study developed a thermal model of a photovoltaic thermal collector (PVT) to predict the performance and outlet temperature of the system. The PVT consisted of a polycrystalline photovoltaic module, a polymer collector–type sheet in a tube, and an insulator. The motivation of the present work is that the polymer materials are flexible, low cost and lightweight which are for the PVT applications. The outlet temperature of the PVT increased with the decreasing rate of mass flow into the riser because the water had sufficient time for thermal heating. One unit of polymer collector can achieve an outlet temperature of 69 °C at 500 W/m² at a mass flow rate of 0.0063 kg/s.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 699)
• Pages: 468-473
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.699.468
• Online since: November 2014
• Authors: Mohamad Afzanizam Bin Mohd Rosli*, Suhaimi Misha, Kamaruzzaman Sopian, Sohif Mat, Mohd Yusof Sulaiman, Elias Salleh
• Keywords: Absorber, Photovoltaic Thermal, Thermal Efficiency, Thermal Modeling

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