Open AccessAn Experimental Investigation of Performance of Hybrid PV/T-PCM System with Control System
Author(s) -
Hashim A. Hussein,
Ali H. Numan,
Zahraa Aqeel
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/765/1/012049
Subject(s) - paraffin wax , wax , materials science , phase change material , thermal energy storage , composite material , thermal , thermodynamics , physics
In this paper we investigated experimental performance of designed hybrid PV/T with phase change material (PCM) of paraffin wax type based thermal storage material. Paraffin wax embedded with aluminum matrix foam to enhancement the physical properties. Designed hybrid system consists of three main parts, glass to glass PV module, thermal collector and, control system. Thermal results indicated the optimum layer thickness of PCM was 3cm because discharge time of thermal energy storage was longer of 6 hours. Also, optimum temperature of difference air, absorber plate, glass to glass PV module and, paraffin wax were 8.6°C, 80°C, 44°C and, 55°C at air speed of 0.8m/s, respectively.