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Analysis of Photovoltaic Solar Thermal Collector Performance Using Compound Parabolic Concentrator and Water Jet

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The importance of the solar energy arose from the low cost and clean source. Collection and utilization of solar energy are two of the most important steps in dealing with this valuable energy source. It is promoted extensively and this need for energy also prevents the environment from further destruction. The work is divided into two parts; preparing a suitable cooling system for the substrate of PVT and designing the CPC. The reason for designing a new CPC is that the current CPCs in use are still not performing to a satisfactory level. The work towards a better design has progressed satisfactorily and is being tested. Besides that, it was found that the method of cooling the photovoltaic (PV) cell could be seen as an important role in the design of a better collector. The work performed in this article has outlined several factors to test the superiority and the success of the objectives of this work. These factors are the electrical and thermal efficiency of the PV cell when it is cooled with and without CPC. Regarding the cooling process, a new method of cooling PVT-CPC was employed by using water impingement through designing a nozzle system which was tested at a different spacing of 10 mm from the PV-plate. The experimental results have pointed out an improvement in the thermal efficiency from 41.51% to the highest value of 67.53% showing very promising improvement by 38.53%. The experimental setting and the subsequent parameters for the highest thermal efficiency value occurred with a PVT-CPC-40-mm spacing at an irradiance of 400 W/m2 and water mass flow of 0.334 kg/s. The highest value was obtained at 16.40% showing an improvement of 38.48%. This is in comparison to 32.64% obtained by energy balanced-thermodynamics approach.

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Key Engineering Materials (Volume 1053)

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May 2026

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Tayser Sumer Gaaz*, Ahed Hameed Jaaz, Ali H. Mohsin, Kamaruzzaman Sopian

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Compound Parabolic Concentrator, Electrical Performance, Photovoltaic Thermal Collectors, Thermal Performance

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