Part II: Enhanced Performance of Concentrating Photovoltaic-Thermal Air Collector with Fresnel Lens and Compound Parabolic Concentrator (CPC)

Authors

  • Baljit Singh Sarban Singh Solar Energy Research Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi Selangor, Malaysia
  • Chan Hoy Yen Solar Energy Research Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi Selangor, Malaysia
  • Saleem Hussain Zaidi Solar Energy Research Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi Selangor, Malaysia
  • Kamaruzzaman Sopian Solar Energy Research Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi Selangor, Malaysia

Abstract

In Part I of this study, the literature study on the types of methodologies applied by previous studies and the methodologies the suitable applied for this experimental study was provided. In this study (Part II), the methodologies are applied and the concentrating PVT air collector is fabricated based on the adopted methodologies. The heat is extracted by a working fluid (air), which can be collected and utilized for other domestic and industrial purposes. The highest thermal and electrical efficiencies of the cPVT collector in the present study were approximately 50 % and 12.9 % respectively; and achieved a total combined efficiency of approximately 80 % at average solar irradiation level of 750 W/m2, mass flow rate of 0.03 kg/s with the geometric concentration ratio of FL and CPC at 1.65 and 1.78 respectively.

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2018-07-15

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Baljit Singh Sarban Singh, Chan Hoy Yen, Saleem Hussain Zaidi, & Kamaruzzaman Sopian. (2018). Part II: Enhanced Performance of Concentrating Photovoltaic-Thermal Air Collector with Fresnel Lens and Compound Parabolic Concentrator (CPC). Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, 47(1), 16–24. Retrieved from https://semarakilmu.com.my/journals/index.php/fluid_mechanics_thermal_sciences/article/view/2780

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