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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 article, the authors investigated the use of phase-change materials (PCM) to maintain the temperature of the panels close to ambient, and showed that adding a PCM on the back of a solar panel can maintain the panel's operating temperature under 40°C for 80min under a constant solar radiation of 1000 W/m2.

272 citations

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TL;DR: Improved micro-TPV generators and solar thermal TPV systems see an even greater 45-fold increase in their efficiency (exceeding the Shockley-Quiesser limit for a single-junction photovoltaic cell).
Abstract: Despite their great promise, small experimental thermophotovoltaic (TPV) systems at 1000 K generally exhibit extremely low power conversion efficiencies (approximately 1%), due to heat losses such as thermal emission of undesirable mid-wavelength infrared radiation. Photonic crystals (PhC) have the potential to strongly suppress such losses. However, PhC-based designs present a set of non-convex optimization problems requiring efficient objective function evaluation and global optimization algorithms. Both are applied to two example systems: improved micro-TPV generators and solar thermal TPV systems. Micro-TPV reactors experience up to a 27-fold increase in their efficiency and power output; solar thermal TPV systems see an even greater 45-fold increase in their efficiency (exceeding the Shockley–Quiesser limit for a single-junction photovoltaic cell).

272 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a new type of hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) collector with dual heat extraction operation, either with water or with air circulation is presented.

268 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a steady state mathematical model has been developed for a solar chimney which is used to enhance the effect of thermally induced ventilation in buildings, taking into consideration different sizes of the openings of a solar ch chimney with varying values of the discharge coefficients.

266 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a simulation model that reproduces the performance of parabolic trough solar thermal power plants with a thermal storage system is presented to facilitate the prediction of the electricity output of these plants during the various stages of their planning, design, construction and operation.

265 citations


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