Indoor experimental analysis of glazed hybrid photovoltaic thermal tiles air collector connected in series

In this paper, design and experimental analysis of glaze photovoltaic thermal (PVT) tile air collector has been discussed. Fabricated glazed PVT tile consists of a single solar cell, duct and fan for extraction of heat associated with the bottom of solar cell. Observations taken at glazed hybrid PVT tile 1 and tile 2 have been considered as case-I and case-II, respectively. Experimental validation has also been performed and it has been observed that that there is a good agreement between theoretical and experimental results with correlation coefficient and root mean square percentage deviation of 0.96 and 7.9, respectively. The performance evaluation in terms of electrical efficiency, overall thermal energy and exergy gain of both the cases has been carried out in indoor conditions at various intensities. It has been found that the electrical efficiency is higher in case-I as compared to case-II. On the contrary the thermal output of case-II is higher than case-I on same intensity and mass flow rate. It has been found that the average electrical and thermal efficiency of newly designed and fabricated glaze PVT tile is 12.4% and 35.7%, respectively. This economical solar simulator can be used by manufactures for testing of different type of photovoltaic tiles as well as photovoltaic modules.

► Experimental analysis of glazed hybrid PVT tile air collector
► Validation of thermal model by experimental results
► Average electrical and thermal efficiency of glazed PVT tile is 12.4% and 35.7%, respectively.