Theoretical and experimental study of sheet and tubes hybrid PVT collector

•A new design of hybrid collectors was modeled and simulated.•Sheet and tubes absorber is user to form the absorber.•The used absorber satisfying simplicity and cost constraints.•A comparison with other existing configurations is performed.•Experimental validation of the mathematical model is detail...

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Published in:Energy conversion and management 2014-04, Vol.80, p.71-77
Main Authors: Touafek, K., Khelifa, A., Adouane, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accumulators
Algeria
Applied sciences
Collectors
Direct power generation
Energy
Equipments, installations and applications
Exact sciences and technology
Experimental
Galvanized steel
Hybrid
Industrial engineering
Modeling
Natural energy
Photovoltaic
Photovoltaic cells
Photovoltaic conversion
Solar cells
Solar energy
Temperature
Thermal
Tube
Tubes
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Summary:•A new design of hybrid collectors was modeled and simulated.•Sheet and tubes absorber is user to form the absorber.•The used absorber satisfying simplicity and cost constraints.•A comparison with other existing configurations is performed.•Experimental validation of the mathematical model is detailed. Electrical performance of the hybrid photovoltaic thermal (PVT) collector may improved at increased intensity of solar radiation if the system is set to extract heat from solar cells, which is cooled at the same time. The objective of this work is to study theoretically and experimentally a new configuration of the PVT system which extracts heat from the photovoltaic module. This configuration is tube and sheet integrated into a prototype and tested at the unit of applied research in renewable energy Ghardaïa in the south of Algeria. The advantages of this hybrid collector are better heat absorption and lower production cost compared to other configurations of hybrids collectors.
ISSN:0196-8904
1879-2227
DOI:10.1016/j.enconman.2014.01.021