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Development of a thermal model for a hybrid photovoltaic module and phase change materials storage integrated in buildings

The performance of building integrated photovoltaic modules (PV) situated outdoors suffers from attained high temperatures due to irradiation as a negative temperature coefficient of their efficiency. Phase change materials (PCMs) are investigated as an option to manage the thermal regulation of pho...

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Main Authors: Kibria, Mahmud Arman, Rahman, Saidur, Al-Sulaiman, Fahad A., A. Aziz, Md. Maniruzzaman
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Published: Elsevier Ltd 2016
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/69190/
http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/j.solener.2015.11.027
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spelling my.utm.691902017-11-20T08:52:13Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/69190/ Development of a thermal model for a hybrid photovoltaic module and phase change materials storage integrated in buildings Kibria, Mahmud Arman Rahman, Saidur Al-Sulaiman, Fahad A. A. Aziz, Md. Maniruzzaman TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) The performance of building integrated photovoltaic modules (PV) situated outdoors suffers from attained high temperatures due to irradiation as a negative temperature coefficient of their efficiency. Phase change materials (PCMs) are investigated as an option to manage the thermal regulation of photovoltaic modules and, hence, enhance their electrical efficiency. In this study a transient one-dimensional energy balance model has been developed to investigate the thermal performance of a photovoltaic module integrated with PCM storage system. Possible all heat transfer mechanisms are described to have a basic and step by step fundamental knowledge to analyze and understand the complex heat transfer characteristics of the PV-PCM system. Finite difference scheme is applied to discretize the energy balance equation while fully implicit scheme is applied to discretize the heat balance in the PCM module. Three different PCM of different melting temperatures were investigated. The numerical result is validated with experimental studies from the literature. The result indicates that PCM are shown to be an effective means of limiting the temperature rise in the PV devices thus increasing the thermal performance up to 5%. Elsevier Ltd 2016 Article PeerReviewed Kibria, Mahmud Arman and Rahman, Saidur and Al-Sulaiman, Fahad A. and A. Aziz, Md. Maniruzzaman (2016) Development of a thermal model for a hybrid photovoltaic module and phase change materials storage integrated in buildings. Solar Energy, 124 . pp. 114-123. ISSN 0038-092X http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/j.solener.2015.11.027 DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.11.027
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topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Kibria, Mahmud Arman
Rahman, Saidur
Al-Sulaiman, Fahad A.
A. Aziz, Md. Maniruzzaman
Development of a thermal model for a hybrid photovoltaic module and phase change materials storage integrated in buildings
description The performance of building integrated photovoltaic modules (PV) situated outdoors suffers from attained high temperatures due to irradiation as a negative temperature coefficient of their efficiency. Phase change materials (PCMs) are investigated as an option to manage the thermal regulation of photovoltaic modules and, hence, enhance their electrical efficiency. In this study a transient one-dimensional energy balance model has been developed to investigate the thermal performance of a photovoltaic module integrated with PCM storage system. Possible all heat transfer mechanisms are described to have a basic and step by step fundamental knowledge to analyze and understand the complex heat transfer characteristics of the PV-PCM system. Finite difference scheme is applied to discretize the energy balance equation while fully implicit scheme is applied to discretize the heat balance in the PCM module. Three different PCM of different melting temperatures were investigated. The numerical result is validated with experimental studies from the literature. The result indicates that PCM are shown to be an effective means of limiting the temperature rise in the PV devices thus increasing the thermal performance up to 5%.
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author Kibria, Mahmud Arman
Rahman, Saidur
Al-Sulaiman, Fahad A.
A. Aziz, Md. Maniruzzaman
author_facet Kibria, Mahmud Arman
Rahman, Saidur
Al-Sulaiman, Fahad A.
A. Aziz, Md. Maniruzzaman
author_sort Kibria, Mahmud Arman
title Development of a thermal model for a hybrid photovoltaic module and phase change materials storage integrated in buildings
title_short Development of a thermal model for a hybrid photovoltaic module and phase change materials storage integrated in buildings
title_full Development of a thermal model for a hybrid photovoltaic module and phase change materials storage integrated in buildings
title_fullStr Development of a thermal model for a hybrid photovoltaic module and phase change materials storage integrated in buildings
title_full_unstemmed Development of a thermal model for a hybrid photovoltaic module and phase change materials storage integrated in buildings
title_sort development of a thermal model for a hybrid photovoltaic module and phase change materials storage integrated in buildings
publisher Elsevier Ltd
publishDate 2016
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/69190/
http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/j.solener.2015.11.027
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