Analysis on the Performance of Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) Based Photovoltaic Thermal

Zulkepli, Afzam; Yong, Lim Wei; Yusof, Taib Mohd; Azran, Zafri; Basrawi, Firdaus

doi:10.1051/matecconf/20163802004

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“…The performance of PV/T can be effected by the packing factor of the system. As stated by Vats et.al [13], the increase of packing factor is not always proportional with the system efficiency. An optimal packing factor value is crucial because higher packing factor value will increase the temperature of PV module while low packing factor value will reduce the solar radiation absorber area.…”

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“…In previous studies, effect of mass flow rate has been investigated in the range of 0.01kg/s-0.30kg/s [12]. A study on unglazed PV/T for different mass flow rate has been carried out by Zulkepli et.al [13] and it was reported that the highest thermal efficiency achieved at the mass flow rate of 0.12 kg/s. CIGS thin film is one of the second generation of PVs and it is thin and very light weight [14].…”

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Performance analysis of a Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) based Photovoltaic Thermal (PV/T) water collector

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This paper intended to investigate the performance of Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) based Photovoltaic Thermal (PV/T) water collector under different operating condition. A CIGS photovoltaic with nominal power 65 W combined with an unglazed flat plate solar thermal water collector with effective area of 2 m was investigated. The performance was tested under different mass flow rates of flowing water which are 0.005 kg/s, 0.020 kg/s and 0.030 kg/s. For the mass flow rate of 0.030 kg/s, data was taken at different Peak Sun Hour (PSH) condition from 4.2 to 5.7. It was found that both electrical and thermal efficiency increased when the mass flow rate increased. Both electrical and thermal performance increased at the higher mass flow rate with the most efficient flow rate was 0.030 kg/s. The highest electrical and thermal efficiency was 4% and 23% respectively. In addition, when PSH increased, the electrical and thermal efficiency increased. However, at the PSH of 5.7 both efficiency slightly decreased. Further study on higher mass flow rate is necessary as the performance is not always proportional with mass flow rate. In this paper the value of the PSH was only limited to 4 points, which need to be further investigated for more values to clarify the correlation with the PV/T performance.

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Performance analysis of a Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) based Photovoltaic Thermal (PV/T) water collector

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“…However, such capacity is rated at Standard Test Conditions (STC) and the actual power generation will be less than that as factors including irradiance and ambient temperature vary from day to day. Temperature is one of the major factors that contributes up to 17.5% efficiency loss in polycrystalline silicon PV module when the panel temperature exceeds 60°C [3], [4], [5]. Thus, there are many methods studied by various researchers to cool down the PV panels.…”

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Experimental Analysis on the Effect of Area of Surface Cooling for a Water-Cooled Photovoltaic

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Water flow for a water-cooled Photovoltaic (PV) may not cover the whole surface area of PV. Thus, the objective of this paper is to experimentally observe the effect of cooling surface area for a water-cooled PV. A water-cooled PV with 30W output was tested when its surface area was 50% and 100% covered with flowing water. This condition was tested at water flow rate of 120 mL/h, and irradiace of 855 W/m2, respectively. It was found that the panel recorded a maximum temperature of 72.10°C when it is uncooled. When it is cooled temperature decreased 22.05% and 51.04% for half and full surface, respectively, and temperature also remained constant approximately at 32oC for full surface. The current remained constant as expected and effect of temperature could be seen in voltage. Voltage increases when temperate decreases, and decreases when temperature increases. As the results, the power outputs for uncooled, half surface, and full surface were 10.38W, 10.66W and 11.08W, respectively. As compared to uncooled, this shows the increment of 6.10% and 13.50% for half surface and full surface, respectively. Thus, it could be concluded that the cooling surface area has substantial effects on the performance of water-cooled PV.

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Analysis on the Performance of Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) Based Photovoltaic Thermal

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Performance analysis of a Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) based Photovoltaic Thermal (PV/T) water collector

Performance analysis of a Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) based Photovoltaic Thermal (PV/T) water collector

Experimental Analysis on the Effect of Area of Surface Cooling for a Water-Cooled Photovoltaic

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