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Energy and Environmental Engineering(CEASE PUBLICATION) Vol. 4(1), pp. 1 - 6
DOI: 10.13189/eee.2016.040101
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Effect of the Air Channel Depth on the Efficiency of Photovoltaic/Thermal Sensor with a Parabolic Concentrator
Maifi Lyes 1,*, Kerbache Tahar 1, Hioual Ouided 2
1 Physical Chemistry of Semi-conductor Laboratory, University of Constantine, Algeria
2 Department of Informatics, Sciences & Technology Faculty, University of Khenchela, Algeria
ABSTRACT
In this paper, a theoretical study of a photovoltaic/thermal air system with a parabolic concentrator is presented. The investigated system consists of a photovoltaic panel under which air is made to flow through an exchange in order to extract heat from the panel, thereby cooling the cells and hence increasing their efficiency. The global energy yield of the system is evaluated in clouding both the electrical output of the modal and the thermal energy of air. The energy balance equations of the whole system are computed using the GAUSS-SAIDEL method, allowing to estimate heat transfer from all the main components, the results show that the daily yield, of the system increases with air mass flow rate, and decreases with the exchanger channel width. results at solar irradiance of 1120 W/m2 show that the combined PV/TH efficiency is increasing from 60% to 75% and mass flow necessary to maintain the cells temperature constant decreasing form 1.8 to 1.2 Kg/s, at exchanger channel width varies from 0.35 to 0.05 m.
KEYWORDS
Thermal, Photovoltaic, Cells Solar, Parabolic Concentrator, Permanent Regime, Heat Exchanger
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Maifi Lyes , Kerbache Tahar , Hioual Ouided , "Effect of the Air Channel Depth on the Efficiency of Photovoltaic/Thermal Sensor with a Parabolic Concentrator," Energy and Environmental Engineering(CEASE PUBLICATION), Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 1 - 6, 2016. DOI: 10.13189/eee.2016.040101.
(b). APA Format:
Maifi Lyes , Kerbache Tahar , Hioual Ouided (2016). Effect of the Air Channel Depth on the Efficiency of Photovoltaic/Thermal Sensor with a Parabolic Concentrator. Energy and Environmental Engineering(CEASE PUBLICATION), 4(1), 1 - 6. DOI: 10.13189/eee.2016.040101.