Open AccessPreliminary Studies on Design of Photovoltaic Thermal (PVT) Solar Collector for Roofing System Application.
Author(s) -
Zariq Imran Abdul Manap,
Hanani Abd Wahab,
Pauline Ong,
Al-Emran Ismail,
Maznan Ismon,
Zaleha Mohamad
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/824/1/012011
Subject(s) - photovoltaic system , thermal , water cooling , electricity , photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector , environmental science , engineering , mechanical engineering , automotive engineering , process engineering , nuclear engineering , materials science , electrical engineering , meteorology , physics
This study was conducted to develop and study the performance of a Photovoltaic Thermal (PVT) system technology, a system which combines the Photovoltaic (PV) system with a solar thermal (T) system that produces electricity and hot water simultaneously. The objective of this study is to develop a working prototype of the PVT system for roofing system application with water as the cooling agent. A polycrystalline PV cells was used as the solar collector while a transparent rubber tube was attached at the backside of the PV panel with water flowing directly from a water tap source. Two designs were examined for the heat absorber design which was categorized as the parallel and spiral flow design. The system was run at an open space to simulate real life application. A working PVT system was developed; however an electrical efficiency drops 0.3% and 1.07% on the parallel and spiral design respectively when compared to the standard PV system.