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Solar Photovoltaic Panels with Finned Phase Change Material Heat Sinks

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  • Preeti Singh

    (Simulate Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, India
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  • Sourav Khanna

    (School of Energy and Electronic Engineering, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 3DJ, UK
    First Authors.)

  • Sanjeev Newar

    (Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, IIT Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, India
    First Authors.)

  • Vashi Sharma

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, India
    First Authors.)

  • K. Srinivas Reddy

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai 600036, India)

  • Tapas K. Mallick

    (Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn TR10 9FE, UK)

  • Victor Becerra

    (School of Energy and Electronic Engineering, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 3DJ, UK)

  • Jovana Radulovic

    (School of Mechanical and Design Engineering, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 3DJ, UK)

  • David Hutchinson

    (Faculty of Technology, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 3AH, UK)

  • Rinat Khusainov

    (School of Computing, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 3DJ, UK)

Abstract

Phase change material (PCM) based passive cooling of photovoltaics (PV) can be highly productive due to high latent heat capacity. However, the low rate of heat transfer limits its usefulness. Thus, the presented work aims at the improvement in PV cooling by using finned PCM (FPCM) heat sinks. In the present study, PCM heat sink and FPCM heat sinks were investigated numerically for PV cooling and the extracted heat is used for space heating. 4 kWp PV, PV-PCM and PV-FPCM systems were studied under the weather conditions of Southeast of England. It was observed that the PCM heat sinks can drop the peak PV temperature by 13 K, whereas FPCM heat sinks can enhance the PV cooling by 19 K. The PCM heat sinks can increase the PV electrical efficiency from 13% to 14%. Moreover, the daily electricity generation can be boosted by 7% using PCM and 8% by using FPCM heat sinks. In addition, 7 kWh of thermal output was achieved using the FPCM heat sink, and the overall efficiency of system increased from 13% to 19%.

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  • Preeti Singh & Sourav Khanna & Sanjeev Newar & Vashi Sharma & K. Srinivas Reddy & Tapas K. Mallick & Victor Becerra & Jovana Radulovic & David Hutchinson & Rinat Khusainov, 2020. "Solar Photovoltaic Panels with Finned Phase Change Material Heat Sinks," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(10), pages 1-17, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2020:i:10:p:2558-:d:359799
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