Recent advances in flat plate photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) solar collectors

Flat plate photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) solar collector produces both thermal energy and electricity simultaneously. This paper presents the state-of-the-art on flat plate PV/T collector classification, design and performance evaluation of water, air and combination of water and/or air based. This re...

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Published in:Renewable & sustainable energy reviews 2011-01, Vol.15 (1), p.352-365
Main Authors: Ibrahim, Adnan, Othman, Mohd Yusof, Ruslan, Mohd Hafidz, Mat, Sohif, Sopian, Kamaruzzaman
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorber collectors
Accumulators
air
Applied sciences
buildings
Channels
Collectors
Design engineering
electricity
Energy
Equipments, installations and applications
Exact sciences and technology
Flat plate PV
Flat plate PV/T collector
Flat plates
Hybrid PV/T collector
Natural energy
Photovoltaic cells
Photovoltaic conversion
research and development
Solar cells
Solar collectors
Solar energy
Solar thermal conversion
T collector Hybrid PV
T collector Thermal and electrical efficiency Absorber collectors
Thermal and electrical efficiency
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Summary:Flat plate photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) solar collector produces both thermal energy and electricity simultaneously. This paper presents the state-of-the-art on flat plate PV/T collector classification, design and performance evaluation of water, air and combination of water and/or air based. This review also covers the future development of flat plate PV/T solar collector on building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) and building integrated photovoltaic/thermal (BIPVT) applications. Different designs feature and performance of flat plate PV/T solar collectors have been compared and discussed. Future research and development (R&D) works have been elaborated. The tube and sheet design is the simplest and easiest to be manufactured, even though, the efficiency is 2% lower compared to other types of collectors such as, channel, free flow and two-absorber. It is clear from the review that for both air and water based PV/T solar collectors, the important key factors that influenced the efficiency of the system are the area where the collector covered, the number of passes and the gap between the absorber collector and solar cells. From the literature review, it is obvious that the flat plate PV/T solar collector is an alternative promising system for low-energy applications in residential, industrial and commercial buildings. Other possible areas for the future works of BIPVT are also mentioned.
ISSN:1364-0321
1879-0690
DOI:10.1016/j.rser.2010.09.024