Experimental and numerical investigation on thermal and electrical performance of a building integrated photovoltaic每thermal col
Corbin, C. D. and Zhai, Z. J.
2010 Energy and Buildings, 42(1): 76-82
Building integrated photovoltaics; Photovoltaic每thermal collector; Computational fluid dynamics
Corbin, C. D. and Zhai, Z. J., (2010), "Experimental and numerical investigation on thermal and electrical performance of a building integrated photovoltaic每thermal col", Energy and Buildings, 42(1): 76-82.
Abstract:
An experimentally validated computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of a novel building integrated photovoltaic每thermal (BIPV/T) collector is studied to determine the effect of active heat recovery on cell efficiency and to determine the effectiveness of the device as a solar hot water heater. Parametric analysis indicates that cell efficiency can be raised by 5.3% and that water temperatures suitable for domestic hot water use are possible. Thermal and combined (thermal plus electrical) efficiencies reach 19% and 34.9%, respectively. A new correlation is developed relating electrical efficiency to collector inlet water temperature, ambient air temperature and insolation that allows cell efficiency to be calculated directly.
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