INVESTIGATION OF TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE TARGETS FOR A HYBRID PHOTOVOLTAIC/PHOTO-THERMAL SYSTEM
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primary energy saving, electrical efficiency, thermal, PV module, Photovoltaic/photo-thermal (PV/T)Abstract
Photovoltaic / photo-thermal (PV/T) solar collector also known as hybrid PV/T or solar cogeneration systems provide the opportunity of optimizing energy generating per unit area available for solar collector installation. The objective of the present effort is to study the performance of a photovoltaic / photo-thermal (PV/T) solar collector for the conversion solar irradiation to usable electrical and thermal energy. These systems combine the primary function of a photovoltaic cell with that of a flat plate solar thermal collector. The electrical, thermal and overall efficiency is observed with the set up. Technical parameters in form of overall energy efficiency and primary energy saving efficiency have been considered. The electrical efficiency is expected to improve due to the heat removal process. The result shows that overall energy efficiency and primary energy saving efficiency was found to attain a maximum value of 73.0% and 91.0% respectively, within the period of observation at flow rate ????????. ????????ml/s. This represents the optimum condition for the PV/T generator.
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