Design and Experimental Validation of a Photovoltaic-Thermal (PVT) Hybrid Collector

Nayeem Chowdhury

Abstract


In order to reduce carbon dioxide, the use of renewable energy is inevitable. Among the different renewable energies, solar is the most abundant and easily harness able. To convert solar energy to useful energy solar collectors are the bridge between them. Therefore designing an appropriate and efficient solar collector which is able to make solar energy feasible and useful. In this paper, a concentrated hybrid photovoltaic-thermal collector is developed and analyzed its electrical and thermal characteristics. The unique design has been developed under Solarus AB, Alvkerleby, Sweden. Also, it has been tested in Alvkerleby and at University of Dalarna, Sweden. The designed collector has been compared with another similar collector and also the thermal analysis has been compared between two regions. The novel collector constitutes a new technical approach to maximize the total efficiency compared to the traditional hybrid collector.


Keywords


Solar collector, PV/T (Photovoltaic thermal), Compound Parabolic Collector (CPC), Thermal and electrical energy, Incident angle.

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