期刊名称:International Journal of Engineering and Computer Science
印刷版ISSN:2319-7242
出版年度:2015
卷号:4
期号:6
页码:12440-12443
出版社:IJECS
摘要:This paper deals with an experimental study of an inexpensive Concrete Photovoltaic Thermal Collector (PV/T) totalaperture area of 0.36 m2, used for the simultaneous production of heat and electricity. The Concrete PV/T is characterised by athin cement concrete slab which performs the function of collecting, absorbing and storing of the solar thermal energy. Above theconcrete slab PV cells were pasted .Inside the concrete absorber PVC pipe , copper pipe and Brass pipe are embedded .Outdoorexperiments were carried out under varied environmental conditions for several days during two consecutive months (from Aprilto May 2015). The experiments were carried out by measuring the climatic variables, temperatures in different parts of thecollectors, and mass flow rates of water, during the test days. Based on these measurements, the behaviour of the systems wasanalysed. A detailed analysis was carried out for evaluating the thermal performance of the Concrete PV/T under given operatingconditions. The results obtained from the Concrete PV/T system were compared with the results obtained fr