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Photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector

About: Photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 8688 publications have been published within this topic receiving 232734 citations.


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TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed review of the solar thermal power plants based on the available solar concentrator systems like parabolic trough, parabolic dish, central tower, linear Fresnel reflector system are reported.
Abstract: In this communication, detailed review of the solar thermal power plants based on the available solar concentrator systems like parabolic trough, parabolic dish, central tower, linear Fresnel reflector system are reported. The aim of the paper is to summarize overall research work being carried out worldwide on the thermodynamic performance evaluation of solar and other thermal power generation systems using different thermodynamic cycles. An attempt has also been made to assess as well as compare the energetic and exergetic performance of such thermal power generation systems. It has been observed that the efficiencies of the solar concentrator aided coal fired thermal power plant, and combined-cycle power plants are higher as compared to a solar alone thermal power plants. Furthermore, there is much scope in the areas of solar aided thermal power generation for further research with the aim of quantifying energy and exergy losses, and exergy destructions in the components of the solar thermal power generation systems.

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TL;DR: In this paper, a dynamic model suitable for simulating real operating conditions of air-based photovoltaic thermal (PVT) systems is presented, which includes the effect of ambient air temperature, air inlet temperature and air flow rate on thermal, electrical, first law and second law efficiencies.

66 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a simplified procedure to correctly calculate the magnitude of the Direct Solar Load in cooling load calculations is proposed and it is implemented with the Heat Balance method and the Radiant Time Series method.

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TL;DR: In this article, a comparative analysis of the conversion of radiant energy to useful work by thermal and quantum processes is presented, and the results represent the thermodynamic limits for radiant energy conversion by thermal processes, and calculations with solar input serve as a reference against the performance and capabilities of prospective solar energy conversion systems.
Abstract: A comparative analysis is presented of the conversion of radiant energy to useful work by thermal and quantum processes. The operation of thermal and quantum converters and the thermodynamic conversion efficiency of each are developed in terms of the mechanism of radiation-matter interaction in thermal and quantum systems. From the analysis the maximum conversion efficiency of a single-collector thermal converter with unconcentrated solar radiation and an ambient (reservoir) temperature of 300 K is 0.540; for the same conditions the maximum conversion efficiency of a single-collector quantum system is 0.309. The analysis is extended to consider the effects on the conversion efficiency of heat reject temperature, cascaded operation, in which the reject heat of the quantum converter is used as the input to a thermal bottoming cycle, and of concentration of the solar radiation. The results obtained represent the thermodynamic limits for radiant energy conversion by thermal and quantum processes, and calculations with solar input serve as a reference against which to judge the performance and capabilities of prospective solar energy conversion systems.

65 citations

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TL;DR: Indium selenide n-type substrates made from ordinary grade elements, are suitable to make heterojunctions with semitransparent platinum layers Those low-cost devices have photovoltaic efficiencies for solar energy conversion under 6%, at the present time They can be readily improved to reach external efficiencies in the 10% range as mentioned in this paper.

65 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
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202395
2022187
20216
20202
20192
201853