Influence of reflectance from flat aluminum concentrators on energy efficiency of PV/Thermal collector

Kostić, Ljiljana; Pavlović, Tomislav; Pavlovic, Zoran

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.05.038

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“…Currently the flat plate collector and concentrating solar collector are the two main solar energy collection devices [1,2] . Solar collector is a key component of solar thermal system, whose manufacturing cost accounts for about half of solar water heater and its level of development processes and quality standards represent the level of development of solar thermal and solar collector technology [3] .…”

Section: Research On Solar Flat-plate Collectormentioning

confidence: 99%

Research and Application of Solar Energy Photovoltaic-Thermal Technology

Wu¹,

Ren²

2012

Solar Power

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Section: Research On Solar Flat-plate Collectormentioning

confidence: 99%

Research and Application of Solar Energy Photovoltaic-Thermal Technology

Wu¹,

Ren²

2012

Solar Power

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“…See, for example, Andreev et al (2004), Kostic et al (2010), Rahman and Khan (2010), Charalambous et al (2011), Huang et al (2011, and Kramer and Helmers (2013). Results of Rahman and Khan (2010) showed that an average increase of 25% in the short-circuit current can be achieved by using mirrors, which is as high as by using sun tracking.…”

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Experimental and numerical investigations on a solar tracking concentrated photovoltaic–thermal system with a novel non-dimensional lattice Boltzmann method

Kulacki

Davidson

2014

Solar Energy

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“…Kostic et al [35] studied the effect of reflectivity on the energy efficiency of a plate-type PV/T and optimized the installing position and tilt angle. The study shows that the reflection coefficient of the plate-type receiver made of aluminum plate and that of aluminum foil is almost the same.…”

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Concentrating PV/T Hybrid System for Simultaneous Electricity and Usable Heat Generation: A Review

Zhang

Jing

Zhao

et al. 2012

International Journal of Photoenergy

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Photovoltaic (PV) power generation is one of the attractive choices for efficient utilization of solar energy. Considering that the efficiency and cost of PV cells cannot be significantly improved in near future, a relatively cheap concentrator to replace part of the expensive solar cells could be used. The photovoltaic thermal hybrid system (PV/T), combining active cooling with thermal electricity and providing both electricity and usable heat, can enhance the total efficiency of the system with reduced cell area. The effect of nonuniform light distribution and the heat dissipation on the performance of concentrating PV/T was discussed. Total utilization of solar light by spectral beam splitting technology was also introduced. In the last part, we proposed an integrated compound parabolic collector (CPC) plate with low precision solar tracking, ensuring effective collection of solar light with a significantly lowered cost. With the combination of beam splitting of solar spectrum, use of film solar cell, and active liquid cooling, efficient and full spectrum conversion of solar light to electricity and heat, in a low cost way, might be realized. The paper may offer a general guide to those who are interested in the development of low cost concentrating PV/T hybrid system.

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Influence of reflectance from flat aluminum concentrators on energy efficiency of PV/Thermal collector

Cited by 68 publications

References 15 publications

Research and Application of Solar Energy Photovoltaic-Thermal Technology

Research and Application of Solar Energy Photovoltaic-Thermal Technology

Experimental and numerical investigations on a solar tracking concentrated photovoltaic–thermal system with a novel non-dimensional lattice Boltzmann method

Concentrating PV/T Hybrid System for Simultaneous Electricity and Usable Heat Generation: A Review

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