Proceedings of the International Conference on Logistics, Engineering, Management and Computer Science

Research on Theory and Experiment for Partially Covered PV/T Solar System

Authors
Lixian Xiao, Yongtai He, Lei Li, Ruiming Liu
Corresponding Author
Lixian Xiao
Available Online July 2015.
DOI
10.2991/lemcs-15.2015.197How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T); Partially Covered; Theory Mode; Practicability;Solar system
Abstract

According to the structural features of partially covered photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) solar system, the theory model and optimum design method of the partially covered PV/T solar system is established. The effect of different design parameters on the performance of the partially covered PV/T solar system is analyzed by using the theory model. Meanwhile, the prototype of the partially covered PV/T solar system was designed, and the characteristics of the partially covered PV/T solar system are studied by experiment at Chuxiong City. Experimental results show that the glass cover is essential for improving the thermal efficiency of the PV/T solar system, which related to the transmittance and thickness of the glass cover. In addition, the thermal efficiency will decrease with increasing covering area of the PV modules on the PV/T solar collector. Under the condition of the covering area of 0.8m2 for the PV modules, the thermal efficiency and the output power of the prototype are 40.2% and 25.1W, respectively. Under the condition of covering area of 1.02m2 for the PV modules, the thermal efficiency and output power of the prototype are 36% and 33.6W, respectively. Thus, the partially covered PV/T solar system has batter practicality, and can meet the need of the ordinary rural families in lighting electricity and hot water.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Logistics, Engineering, Management and Computer Science
Series
Advances in Intelligent Systems Research
Publication Date
July 2015
ISBN
978-94-6252-102-5
ISSN
1951-6851
DOI
10.2991/lemcs-15.2015.197How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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