Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8072077 | Energy | 2018 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
The power output of a PV system decreases with the operating temperature rising especially in summer. Using the photovoltaic/thermal(PV/T) can help cooling down the operating temperature of the cells. However, there are few studies comparing the performance of different PV/T systems and the PV module at high ambient temperature. In this study, a series of experiments were conducted to compare the performance of the water-pipe-based PV/T, the PV/T with micro-channel heat pipe array(MHPA) and the conventional PV module at high ambient temperature. The results showed that the average cell temperature of the water-pipe-based PV/T, the PV/T with MHPA and the PV module rose in the morning and fell in the afternoon. The temperature of the three systems could be up to 70â¯Â°C, 90â¯Â°C and 100â¯Â°C respectively, while the electrical efficiency of the three systems decreased with the increment in the temperature of the PV cells and ranged from 11.2% to 10%, 9.6%-7.7% and 8.6 to 7.0% respectively. It means that both the water-pipe-based PV/T and the PV/T with MHPA could improve the performance of PV cells. However, in this study the water-pipe-based PV/T had better performance than the PV/T with MHPA.
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Authors
Weiqi Yuan, Jie Ji, Zhaomeng Li, Fan Zhou, Xiao Ren, Xudong Zhao, Shuli Liu,