Outdoor Performance Analysis of a Photovoltaic Thermal (PVT) Collector with Jet Impingement and Compound Parabolic Concentrator (CPC)

Ahed Hameed Jaaz; Husam Abdulrasool Hasan; Kamaruzzaman Sopian; Abdul Amir H Kadhum; Tayser Sumer Gaaz; Ahmed A Al-Amiery

doi:10.3390/ma10080888

Outdoor Performance Analysis of a Photovoltaic Thermal (PVT) Collector with Jet Impingement and Compound Parabolic Concentrator (CPC)

Materials (Basel). 2017 Aug 1;10(8):888. doi: 10.3390/ma10080888.

Authors

Ahed Hameed Jaaz¹, Husam Abdulrasool Hasan², Kamaruzzaman Sopian³, Abdul Amir H Kadhum⁴, Tayser Sumer Gaaz^{5

6}, Ahmed A Al-Amiery⁷

Affiliations

¹ Solar Energy Research Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor 43600, Malaysia. eng_tay83@yahoo.com.
² Solar Energy Research Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor 43600, Malaysia. hussam2003hussam@yahoo.com.
³ Solar Energy Research Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor 43600, Malaysia. ksopian@ukm.edu.my.
⁴ Department of Chemical & Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor 43600, Malaysia. amir@eng.ukm.my.
⁵ Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor 43600, Malaysia. taysersumer@gmail.com.
⁶ Department of Machinery Equipment Engineering Techniques, Technical College Al-Musaib, Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University, Al-Musaib, Babil 51009, Iraq. taysersumer@gmail.com.
⁷ Energy and Renewable Energies Technology Centre, University of Technology, Baghdad 10001, Iraq. dr.ahmed1975@gmail.com.

Abstract

This paper discusses the effect of jet impingement of water on a photovoltaic thermal (PVT) collector and compound parabolic concentrators (CPC) on electrical efficiency, thermal efficiency and power production of a PVT system. A prototype of a PVT solar water collector installed with a jet impingement and CPC has been designed, fabricated and experimentally investigated. The efficiency of the system can be improved by using jet impingement of water to decrease the temperature of the solar cells. The electrical efficiency and power output are directly correlated with the mass flow rate. The results show that electrical efficiency was improved by 7% when using CPC and jet impingement cooling in a PVT solar collector at 1:00 p.m. (solar irradiance of 1050 W/m² and an ambient temperature of 33.5 °C). It can also be seen that the power output improved by 36% when using jet impingement cooling with CPC, and 20% without CPC in the photovoltaic (PV) module at 1:30 p.m. The short-circuit current I_SC of the PV module experienced an improvement of ~28% when using jet impingement cooling with CPC, and 11.7% without CPC. The output of the PV module was enhanced by 31% when using jet impingement cooling with CPC, and 16% without CPC.

Keywords: compound parabolic concentrator; electrical performance; jet impingement; photovoltaic thermal collectors; thermal performance; water based PVT.