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Comparison of electrical and thermal performance evaluation of a classical PV generator and a water glazed hybrid photovoltaic–thermal collector

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  • Boumaaraf, Billel
  • Touafek, Khaled
  • Ait-cheikh, Mohamed Salah
  • Slimani, Mohamed El Amine

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The heat extracted from classical PV generator could be used as another source of thermal power. In addition to the electricity produced by the PV cells, the hybrid photovoltaic–thermal (PVT) collector produces thermal energy at the same time. In this paper, a comparison of electrical and thermal study is presented between a classical PV generator and water glazed PVT collector. For this purpose, two numerical models have been developed and evaluated through a simulation under the MATLAB environment. Furthermore, the classical PV generator has been validated experimentally. Electrical and thermal performance evaluations for both systems have been done under Ghardaïa city climatic condition (Algeria’s northern Sahara). The electrical efficiencies reached 7% and 6.26%, for the classical PV generator and the water glazed PVT collector respectively while the overall thermal efficiencies reach 18.43%, and 74.2%, for the two systems respectively. These values are obtained under a simulation environment with a mass flow rate of 0.0125kg/s.

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  • Boumaaraf, Billel & Touafek, Khaled & Ait-cheikh, Mohamed Salah & Slimani, Mohamed El Amine, 2020. "Comparison of electrical and thermal performance evaluation of a classical PV generator and a water glazed hybrid photovoltaic–thermal collector," Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM), Elsevier, vol. 167(C), pages 176-193.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:matcom:v:167:y:2020:i:c:p:176-193
    DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2018.09.003
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