International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS)
Vol 9, No 4: December 2018

Outdoor Performance Evaluation of Building Integrated Photovoltaic Thermal (BIPVT) Solar Collector with Spiral Flow Absorber Configurations

Adnan Ibrahim (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)
Sohif Mat (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)
Ahmad Fazlizan Abdullah (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)
Ahmad Fudholi (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)
Kamaruzzaman Sopian (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Dec 2018

Abstract

Building Integrated Photovoltaic thermal solar collector (BIPVT) with Spiral flow absorber design is a collector not only used to generate electricity and thermal energy simultaneously but also can be integrated with the roof. Due to it characteristic as a roof, the collector is exposed to the direct sunlight resulting from a higher temperature on it surfaces. The temperature increased will simultaneously decrease it efficiency. An experiment has been conducted outdoor at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia to examine and evaluate the efficiency of the collector. Data for the experiment has been collected and gathered from 08:00 to 17:00 respectively. Results from the experiment recorded the best total efficiency of 65.10% (53.64% thermal efficiency and 11.46% electrical efficiency from the PV panel) at mass flow rate of 0.041kg/s and solar radiation of 1148W/m2. The effect of mass flow rates on open circuit voltage (Voc) and the modules short circuit current (Isc) are also presented.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJPEDS

Publisher

Subject

Control & Systems Engineering Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Description

International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (IJPEDS, ISSN: 2088-8694, a SCOPUS indexed Journal) is the official publication of the Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science (IAES). The scope of the journal includes all issues in the field of Power Electronics and drive systems. ...