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- Title
Numerical study on the performance of a glazed photovoltaic thermal system integrated with phase change material (GPVT/PCM): on the contribution of PCM volumetric fraction and environmental temperature.
- Authors
Naghdbishi, Ali; Yazdi, Mohammad Eftekhari; Akbari, Ghasem
- Abstract
In the present article, performance of a glazed photovoltaic thermal system integrated with phase change materials (GPVT/PCM) is numerically examined based on both energy and exergy viewpoints. The effect of PCM volumetric fraction and environmental temperature on thermal and electrical characteristics of the system is evaluated. A three-dimensional model of the system is simulated transiently in the ANSYS Fluent 18.2 using pressure-based finite volume method and SIMPLE algorithm selected for coupling pressure and velocity components. Validity of the numerical results is confirmed based on available data. The results indicate that PCM melting is more likely far from the riser tube and absorption of thermal energy be the PCM is mostly effective for filling the PCM container by around 2/3 of the volume. Increase of the PCM volumetric fraction reduces the module temperature and enhances the electrical performance of the system in terms of both energy and exergy efficiencies, while it decreases the thermal efficiency. An opposite trend is experienced by increase of the environmental temperature in which the thermal efficiency enhances and the electrical efficiency declines.
- Subjects
PHOTOVOLTAIC power generation; PHASE change materials; COUPLING constants; VELOCITY; EXERGY
- Publication
Energy Equipment & Systems, 2022, Vol 10, Issue 2, p153
- ISSN
2383-1111
- Publication type
Article