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Thermal performances of vertical hybrid PV/T air collector

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In this work, numerical analyses and the experimental validation of the thermal behavior of a vertical photovoltaic thermal air collector are investigated. The thermal model is developed using the energy balance equations of the PV/T air collector. Experimental tests are conducted to validate our mathematical model. The tests are performed in the southern Algerian region (Ghardaïa) under clear sky conditions. The prototype of the PV/T air collector is vertically erected and south oriented. The absorber upper plate temperature, glass cover temperature, air temperature in the inlet and outlet of the collector, ambient temperature, wind speed, and solar radiation are measured. The efficiency of the collector increases with increase in mass flow of air, but the increase in mass flow of air reduces the temperature of the system. The increase in efficiency of the PV/T air collector is due to the increase in the number of fins added. In the experiments, the air temperature difference between the inlet and the outlet of the PV/T air collector reaches 10 ° C on November 21, 2014, the interval time is between 10:00 and 14:00, and the temperature of the upper plate reaches 45 ° C at noon. The mathematical model describing the dynamic behavior of the typical PV/T air collector is evaluated by calculating the root mean square error and mean absolute percentage error. A good agreement between the experiment and the simulation results is obtained.

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  1. Unité de Recherche Appliquée en Énergies Renouvelables, URAER, Centre de Développement des Énergies Renouvelables, CDER, 47133, Ghardaïa, Algeria

    I. Tabet, K. Touafek & A. Khelifa

  2. Université de Constantine 1, Constantine, Algeria

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Tabet, I., Touafek, K., Bellel, N. et al. Thermal performances of vertical hybrid PV/T air collector. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 131, 410 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2016-16410-2

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