IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/renene/v217y2023ics0960148123010686.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Design and experimental analysis of a parallel-flow photovoltaic-thermal air collector with finned latent heat thermal energy storage unit

Author

Listed:
  • Gürbüz, Emine Yağız
  • Şahinkesen, İstemihan
  • Tuncer, Azim Doğuş
  • Keçebaş, Ali

Abstract

In this work, it is aimed to improve the performance of a photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) air collector using finned latent heat thermal energy storage unit. In this regard, four different types of parallel-flow PVT (PPVT) systems have been designed, manufactured and tested including a conventional PPVT, a PPVT with paraffin-based thermal energy storage unit, a PPVT with 3-finned storage unit and a PPVT with 6-finned storage unit. A parallel-flow collector geometry has been designed to convey excess heat from both surfaces of the photovoltaic panel in the systems. Moreover, the effect of increasing the number of fins in the storage system in the PPVT on the performance has been analyzed within the scope of this work and the developed systems have been tested simultaneously. According to the experimentally obtained findings, overall efficiency value of the PPVT was improved from 55.83% to 76.79% using thermal energy storage with 6-fins. The performance ratio and sustainability index values were obtained between 0.64-0.76 and 1.0277–1.0474, respectively. Enviro-economic analysis has been performed and payback periods of the systems were attained between 0.991 and 1.146 years. Also, employing 6-finned storage unit in the PPVT upgraded the annual carbon dioxide savings as 33.71% in comparison to the unmodified PPVT.

Suggested Citation

  • Gürbüz, Emine Yağız & Şahinkesen, İstemihan & Tuncer, Azim Doğuş & Keçebaş, Ali, 2023. "Design and experimental analysis of a parallel-flow photovoltaic-thermal air collector with finned latent heat thermal energy storage unit," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 217(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:217:y:2023:i:c:s0960148123010686
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2023.119154
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148123010686
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.renene.2023.119154?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:217:y:2023:i:c:s0960148123010686. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/renewable-energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.