AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF GLAZED FLAT PLATE PV/T HYBRID SOLAR COLLECTOR SYSTEM IN DUHOK CITY

SEMYAN OMED ALYOUSIFI; OMAR MOHAMMED  ALI

doi:10.26682/10.26682/sjuod.2019.22.2.3

SEMYAN OMED ALYOUSIFI Dept. of Energy Engineering, Technical College of Engineering, Duhok Polytechnic University, Kurdistan Region-Iraq
OMAR MOHAMMED ALI Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Zakho, Kurdistan Region-Iraq

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26682/10.26682/sjuod.2019.22.2.3

Keywords: Photovoltaic thermal collector, Performance;, Duhok climate;, thermal;, electrical efficiency

Abstract

This studycomprises anexperimental investigation of the hybrid photovoltaic thermal (PV/T)solar collector system. The performance of the photovoltaic(PV) panel is enhanced by reducing the temperature of the PV panel by passing cold water through copper pipes welded on a copper sheet plate as a heat exchanger behind the PV panel. The present work uses a flat metal plate of copper as an absorbent plate on the backside of the mono-crystalline PV solar panel. The present work has been validated by comparing the obtained results with previous experimental results from the literature, where fair agreement has been noted. The results display theperformance of the PV/T solar collector during the 2^ndof November 2018 and it is achieved a maximum thermal efficiency 40.3%, with a commensurateelectrical efficiency of 14%,and the overall efficiency reached to 54.3%.

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