Performance study of air-based photovoltaic-thermal (PV/T) collector with different designs of heat exchanger

• Main Authors: Mohd. Yusof Hj. Othman,, Faridah Hussain,, Kamaruzzman Sopian,, Baharuddin Yatim,, Hafidz Ruslan,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6475/1/16_Mohd_Yusof_Hj_Othman.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6475/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/

Three different designs of heat exchanger, V-groove, honeycomb and stainless steel wool had been tested to study their effectiveness in improving the overall performance of a photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) air base solar collector. Heat exchangers were installed horizontally into the channel located at...