Assessing the Thermal Performance of Phase Change Material in a Photovoltaic/Thermal System | Zendy

Maria C. Browne | Zendy; Declan Quigley | Zendy; Hanna R. Hard | Zendy; Sarah Gilligan | Zendy; Nadja C.C. Ribeiro | Zendy; Nicholas Almeida | Zendy; Sarah McCormack | Zendy

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Assessing the Thermal Performance of Phase Change Material in a Photovoltaic/Thermal System

Author(s) -

Maria C. Browne,

Declan Quigley,

Hanna R. Hard,

Sarah Gilligan,

Nadja C.C. Ribeiro,

Nicholas Almeida,

Sarah McCormack

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

energy procedia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.474

H-Index - 81

ISSN - 1876-6102

DOI - 10.1016/j.egypro.2016.06.184

Subject(s) - photovoltaic system , phase change material , thermal , thermal energy storage , materials science , environmental science , thermal energy , daylight , nuclear engineering , photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector , solar energy , photovoltaics , phase change , automotive engineering , process engineering , engineering physics , meteorology , engineering , electrical engineering , thermodynamics , optics , physics

Photovoltaic/ thermal (PV/T) systems refer to systems which integrate photovoltaic and solar thermal technologies and have the added advantage of producing both electrical and thermal energy. This study has been carried out to experimentally investigate the application of phase change material (PCM) in a thermal system under the climatic conditions of Ireland. In this system, a stainless steel container of PCM was integrated with a PV panel. PCM absorbs heat generated by the PV during daylight hours. Water is piped through the PCM and absorbs heat stored by the PCM. The application of the PCM alone was found to regulate the temperature of the PV panel by approximately 5°C under climatic conditions of Ireland. This paper presents a method to assess the performance of a photovoltaic/thermal system with integrated PCM taking into account the useful heat energy gained by the water, stored by the PCM and the delay in available heat factor

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