Experimental Investigation on Performance Parameters Affecting the Efficiency of Water Type PV/Thermal Collectors with Modified Absorber Configurations

Aim The aim of the study is to modify the thermal collectors and optimally combine with PV collectors to improve their efficiency and performance and to reduce the heat-induced efficiency loss of photovoltaic (PV) modules and to ensure maximum energy conversion (combined electrical and thermal). Design & Methodology By using identical photovoltaic (PV) cells, one PV module and five PV/T modules differed in thermal structure with different diameters, amount and layout of absorber tubes, and type of absorber sheets were fabricated with lamination technique. Originality The novelty aspect of this study is that it is the first study that compares PV/T modules with five different thermal configurations and that the lamination technique was used for the first time to join the thermal part to the PV module for the PV/T module fabrication. Findings Total efficiency value of PV/T modules in outdoor conditions were attained between 60.68% and 67.14%. Conclusion Compared to the other modules, the thermal part of the PVT-3 module provides more efficient cooling in terms of cell temperature values, enabling cells in this module to convert energy at lower cell temperatures. Declaration of Ethical Standards The author(s) of this article declare that the materials and methods used in this study do not require ethical committee permission and/or legal-special permission.SOLIMPEKS SolarAuthors would like to express their gratitude to SOLIMPEKS Solar for the financial and in-kind contribution during the PhD project work. Also, this study consists of a part of the first author's doctoral dissertation [27]

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