A Comparative Investigation on Solar PVT- and PVT-PCM-Based Collector Constancy Performance

MD Shouquat Hossain; Laveet Kumar; Adeel Arshad; Jeyraj Selvaraj; A. K. Pandey; Nasrudin Abd Rahim

doi:10.3390/en16052224

A Comparative Investigation on Solar PVT- and PVT-PCM-Based Collector Constancy Performance

MD Shouquat Hossain^*, Laveet Kumar, Adeel Arshad^*, Jeyraj Selvaraj, A. K. Pandey, Nasrudin Abd Rahim

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Solar photovoltaic (PV) technology has a lower adoption rate than expected because of different weather conditions (sunny, cloudy, windy, rainy, and stormy) and high material manufacturing costs. To overcome the barriers to adoption, many researchers are developing methods to increase its performance. A photovoltaic–thermal absorber hybrid system may shift its performance, but to become more efficient, the technology could improve with some strong thermal absorber materials. A phase change material (PCM) could be a suitable possibility to enhance the (electrical and thermal) PV performance. In this study, a solar PVT hybrid system is developed with a PCM and analyzed for comparative performance based on Malaysian weather conditions. The result shows PV performance (both electrical and thermal) was increased by utilizing PCMs. Electrical and thermal efficiency measurements for different collector configurations are compared, and PV performance and temperature readings are presented and discussed. The maximum electrical and thermal efficiency found for PVT and PVT-PCM are 14.57% and 15.32%, and 75.29% and 86.19%, respectively. However, the present work may provide extensive experimental methods for developing a PVT-PCM hybrid system to enhance electrical and thermal performance and use in different applications.

Original language	English
Article number	2224
Number of pages	26
Journal	Energies
Volume	16
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/en16052224
Publication status	Published - 25 Feb 2023

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electrical performance
phase change material
photovoltaic-thermal absorber
solar photovoltaic
thermal performance

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