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An experimental investigation on performance analysis of air type photovoltaic thermal collector system integrated with cooling fins design
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In this paper, an air type single pass photovoltaic thermal (PV/T) collector system was proposed where a number of thin rectangular fins were introduced for heat dissipation.About:
This article is published in Energy and Buildings.The article was published on 2016-10-15. It has received 146 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector & Photovoltaic system.read more
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Photovoltaic/Thermal (PV/T) systems: Status and future prospects
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed the thermal and electrical side views of PV/T systems in terms of performance parameters and efficiencies, and suggested that the use of nanoparticles and water as base fluid improves the overall system efficiency.
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An experimental investigation of SiC nanofluid as a base-fluid for a photovoltaic thermal PV/T system
Ali H.A. Al-Waeli,Kamaruzzaman Sopian,Miqdam T. Chaichan,Hussein A. Kazem,Husam Abdulrasool Hasan,Ali Najah Al-Shamani +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the thermophysical properties of nanofluid composed of water and SiC nanoparticles without the use of a surfactant as a coolant for a PV/T system was investigated.
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Modeling and experimental validation of a PVT system using nanofluid coolant and nano-PCM
Ali H.A. Al-Waeli,Miqdam T. Chaichan,Kamaruzzaman Sopian,Hussein A. Kazem,Hussein A. Kazem,Hameed B. Mahood,Anees A. Khadom +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, a mathematical model was proposed for the new nanofluid/nano-PCM photovoltaic/thermal (PVT) system to reduce the located area and cost, improve the efficiency and save lots of materials.
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Micro-combined heat and power systems (micro-CHP) based on renewable energy sources
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the available solutions of micro combined heat and power systems is presented, focusing on existing energy conversion devices such as Stirling engine, organic Rankine cycle (ORC), and fuel cells.
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A review on recent development for the design and packaging of hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) solar systems
Ahmed Samir Abd-Elrazik,Ahmed Samir Abd-Elrazik,Fahad A. Al-Sulaiman,Rahman Saidur,Rahman Saidur,Rached Ben-Mansour +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provided a comprehensive review for the recent studies that have discussed the design and cooling considerations to build a high performance hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) system, highlighting the importance of the nanofluids and nano phase change materials (nanoPCMs) as an alternative for the traditional ways of cooling and storage.
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Describing the Uncertainties in Experimental Results
TL;DR: The material presented in this paper covers the method of describing the uncertainties in an engineering experiment and the necessary background material, as well as a technique for numerically executing uncertainty analyses when computerized data interpretation is involved.
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Comparative study of the performances of four photovoltaic/thermal solar air collectors.
TL;DR: In this article, an extensive investigation of the thermal, electrical, hydraulic and overall performances of flat plate photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) air collectors has been made.
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Performance evaluation of a PV (photovoltaic) module by back surface water cooling for hot climatic conditions
TL;DR: In this article, a numerical model (electrical and thermal) is developed using EES (Engineering Equation Solver) software to study the performance of a hybrid PV water cooled system.
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Improved PV/T solar collectors with heat extraction by forced or natural air circulation
TL;DR: In this paper, a suspended thin flat metallic sheet at the middle or fins at the back wall of an air duct was used as heat transfer augmentations in an air-cooled photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) solar collector to improve its overall performance.
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