Computational fluid dynamics study for the optimization of surface temperature profile of photovoltaic/thermal system

Ahmer A.B. Baloch; Haitham M.S. Bahaidarah; P. Gandhidasan

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749727

Computational fluid dynamics study for the optimization of surface temperature profile of photovoltaic/thermal system

Ahmer A.B. Baloch, Haitham M.S. Bahaidarah, P. Gandhidasan

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Abstract

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) study to obtain uniform thermal characteristics on the front surface of solar cell module has been studied. The performance of PV panels significantly reduces with high temperature of solar cell and low temperature uniformity. For the optimization process, photovoltaic-thermal (PV/T) system has been analyzed in this paper for the meteorogical conditions of Dhahran. The effect of reducing heat exchanger's cross section area by changing the bas angle on the temperature profile has been studied using FLUENT software. Based on the CFD simulations of temperature profile, two degree angle was selected for the heat exchanger in PV/T system because of least mean temperature deviation. The temperature distribution for cooled PV showed an approximate uniform temperature profile and was able to reduce the cell temperature from 71°C to 45.2°C for the operating conditions in Dhahran in the month of June. From the electrical point of view, maximum energy yield increased from 11.9 W to 16.2W using the proposed uniform temperature heat exchanger.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	847-849
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509027248
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749727
State	Published - 18 Nov 2016

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Name	Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
Volume	2016-November
ISSN (Print)	0160-8371

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Keywords

Computational Fluid Dynamics
Heat Exchanger
Modeling
Photovoltaic-thermal

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Control and Systems Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Baloch, A. A. B., Bahaidarah, H. M. S., & Gandhidasan, P. (2016). Computational fluid dynamics study for the optimization of surface temperature profile of photovoltaic/thermal system. In 2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016 (pp. 847-849). Article 7749727 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference; Vol. 2016-November). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749727

Baloch, Ahmer A.B. ; Bahaidarah, Haitham M.S. ; Gandhidasan, P. / Computational fluid dynamics study for the optimization of surface temperature profile of photovoltaic/thermal system. 2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. pp. 847-849 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

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Baloch, AAB, Bahaidarah, HMS & Gandhidasan, P 2016, Computational fluid dynamics study for the optimization of surface temperature profile of photovoltaic/thermal system. in 2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016., 7749727, Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, vol. 2016-November, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 847-849. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749727

Computational fluid dynamics study for the optimization of surface temperature profile of photovoltaic/thermal system. / Baloch, Ahmer A.B.; Bahaidarah, Haitham M.S.; Gandhidasan, P.
2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. p. 847-849 7749727 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference; Vol. 2016-November).

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Baloch AAB, Bahaidarah HMS, Gandhidasan P. Computational fluid dynamics study for the optimization of surface temperature profile of photovoltaic/thermal system. In 2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2016. p. 847-849. 7749727. (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference). doi: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749727

Computational fluid dynamics study for the optimization of surface temperature profile of photovoltaic/thermal system

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