Performance study of air-based photovoltaic-thermal (PV/T) collector with different designs of heat exchanger
Three different designs of heat exchanger, V-groove, honeycomb and stainless steel wool had been tested to study their effectiveness in improving the overall performance of a photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) air base solar collector. Heat exchangers were installed horizontally into the channel located at...
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| author | Mohd. Yusof Hj. Othman, Faridah Hussain, Kamaruzzman Sopian, Baharuddin Yatim, Hafidz Ruslan, |
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| description | Three different designs of heat exchanger, V-groove, honeycomb and stainless steel wool had been tested to study their effectiveness in improving the overall performance of a photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) air base solar collector. Heat exchangers were installed horizontally into the channel located at the back side of the PV module. The system was tested at irradiance of 828 W/m2 with mass flow rate spanning from 0.02 kg/s to 0.13 kg/s. It was observed that at mass flow rate of 0.11 kg/s, the maximum thermal efficiency of the system with V-groove is 71%, stainless steel wool is 86% and honeycomb is 87%. The electrical efficiency of the systems is 7.04%, 6.88% and 7.13%, respectively. The experimental results showed that honeycomb design is the most efficient design as heat exchanger. The design which is simple and compact is suitable for building integration. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:64752016-12-14T06:41:17Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6475/ Performance study of air-based photovoltaic-thermal (PV/T) collector with different designs of heat exchanger Mohd. Yusof Hj. Othman, Faridah Hussain, Kamaruzzman Sopian, Baharuddin Yatim, Hafidz Ruslan, Three different designs of heat exchanger, V-groove, honeycomb and stainless steel wool had been tested to study their effectiveness in improving the overall performance of a photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) air base solar collector. Heat exchangers were installed horizontally into the channel located at the back side of the PV module. The system was tested at irradiance of 828 W/m2 with mass flow rate spanning from 0.02 kg/s to 0.13 kg/s. It was observed that at mass flow rate of 0.11 kg/s, the maximum thermal efficiency of the system with V-groove is 71%, stainless steel wool is 86% and honeycomb is 87%. The electrical efficiency of the systems is 7.04%, 6.88% and 7.13%, respectively. The experimental results showed that honeycomb design is the most efficient design as heat exchanger. The design which is simple and compact is suitable for building integration. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6475/1/16_Mohd_Yusof_Hj_Othman.pdf Mohd. Yusof Hj. Othman, and Faridah Hussain, and Kamaruzzman Sopian, and Baharuddin Yatim, and Hafidz Ruslan, (2013) Performance study of air-based photovoltaic-thermal (PV/T) collector with different designs of heat exchanger. Sains Malaysiana, 42 (9). pp. 1319-1325. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/ |
| spellingShingle | Mohd. Yusof Hj. Othman, Faridah Hussain, Kamaruzzman Sopian, Baharuddin Yatim, Hafidz Ruslan, Performance study of air-based photovoltaic-thermal (PV/T) collector with different designs of heat exchanger |
| title | Performance study of air-based photovoltaic-thermal (PV/T) collector with different designs of heat exchanger |
| title_full | Performance study of air-based photovoltaic-thermal (PV/T) collector with different designs of heat exchanger |
| title_fullStr | Performance study of air-based photovoltaic-thermal (PV/T) collector with different designs of heat exchanger |
| title_full_unstemmed | Performance study of air-based photovoltaic-thermal (PV/T) collector with different designs of heat exchanger |
| title_short | Performance study of air-based photovoltaic-thermal (PV/T) collector with different designs of heat exchanger |
| title_sort | performance study of air-based photovoltaic-thermal (pv/t) collector with different designs of heat exchanger |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6475/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6475/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6475/1/16_Mohd_Yusof_Hj_Othman.pdf |