Hybrid PVTh Panel optimisation using a Femlab/Matlab/Simulink approach

Solar energy for future world: - A review

“…Boddaert and Caccavelli developed hybrid solar panel using polycrystalline silicon cell and heat exchanger and the roll-bond technology has been developed using aluminum with hallow tube in the middle of it to exchange heat efficiency [71]. Kalogirou and Tripanagnostopoulos simulated the hybrid PV/T solar system made of sheet and tube concept for domestic hot water and electricity production using TRNSYS and they used monocrystalline silicon and polycrystalline silicon to stimulate such system with minimum conduction losses from absorber by transparent cover [72].…”

Flat plate solar photovoltaic–thermal (PV/T) systems: A reference guide

“…The simulated total PV electrical energy output over a day, for the plain PV module was 306.9 Wh, for the PV/T without glass cover 339.3 Wh, and for the PV/T with glass cover 296.2 Wh [23]. The overall performance of a polycrystalline based PV/T hybrid solar panel along with a heat exchanger, was theoretically investigated [237]. A dynamic thermal model of a hybrid PV/T system was developed, and it was suggested that the electrical and thermal efficiency can be improved by placing the PV cells on the lower portion of the collector, because of the large temperature gradient between the water entering the thermosyphon tubes and the PV cells in this region [18].…”

Water flat plate PV–thermal collectors: A review

“…Roll-bond technology is already widely used in the manufacturing of heat exchangers, such as evaporators for domestic refrigeration or radiant panels. It has also been investigated in various studies on solar thermal application (Anon, 1984;Joshi, 1986;Hufnagel, 1976;Orlando et al, 1979;Tekkaya et al, 2012) and in the recent past roll-bond exchanger are being introduced in PVT collectors (Boddaert and Caccavelli, 2006), due to the recent technological improvements which allow the PV lamination on the absorber plate (Dupeyrat et al, 2009;Dupeyrat et al, 2011a).…”