Review on recent Photovoltaic/Thermal (PV/T) technology advances and applications

•The paper addresses the recent work on the Photovoltaic/Thermal PV/T technology.•It describes various types of PV/T collectors such as air, water/air and water PV/T collectors in terms of performance, design, fabrication, simulation and experimental evaluation. This paper shows a review of the rece...

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Published in:Solar energy 2018-10, Vol.173, p.939-954
Main Authors: Sultan, Sakhr M., Ervina Efzan, M.N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accumulators
Collectors
Cooling systems
Desalination
Design
Exergetic evaluation
Fabrication
Heat exchangers
Heat pumps
Literature reviews
Photovoltaic cells
Photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) collector
Photovoltaics
PV/T types
Solar cells
Solar cooling
Solar energy
Solar power
Technological change
Technology
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Summary:•The paper addresses the recent work on the Photovoltaic/Thermal PV/T technology.•It describes various types of PV/T collectors such as air, water/air and water PV/T collectors in terms of performance, design, fabrication, simulation and experimental evaluation. This paper shows a review of the recent literature on Photovoltaic/Thermal PV/T technology and application that is carried out by various researchers and scientists. It describes various types of PV/T collectors such as air, water/air and water PV/T collectors in terms of performance, design, fabrication, simulation and experimental evaluation. Also, it evaluates the applications of PV/T technology such as building integrated photovoltaic/thermal (BIPVT) collector, Photovoltaic-Thermal/heat pump systems, water desalination, solar still, solar cooling and solar greenhouse. Results of this paper showed that energy production of PVT systems has been increased significantly. From the current literature reviews, PV/T system is a very promising technology and needs a further development in term of the overall efficiency and cost reduction.
ISSN:0038-092X
1471-1257
DOI:10.1016/j.solener.2018.08.032