TY - JOUR
T1 - Photovoltaic/thermal solar hybrid system with bifacial PV module and transparent plane collector
AU - Robles-Ocampo, B.
AU - Ruíz-Vasquez, E.
AU - Canseco-Sánchez, H.
AU - Cornejo-Meza, R. C.
AU - Trápaga-Martínez, G.
AU - García-Rodriguez, F. J.
AU - González-Hernández, J.
AU - Vorobiev, Yu V.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are greatly thankful to CONCYTEQ (Queretaro) for financial support for this project and great encouragement to perform the study.
PY - 2007/12/14
Y1 - 2007/12/14
N2 - Electric energy production with photovoltaic (PV)/thermal solar hybrid systems can be enhanced with the employment of a bifacial PV module. Experimental model of a PV/thermal hybrid system with such a module was constructed and studied. To make use of both active surfaces of the bifacial PV module, we designed and made an original water-heating planar collector and a set of reflecting planes. The heat collector was transparent in the visible and near-infrared spectral regions, which makes it compatible with the PV module made of crystalline Si. The estimated overall solar energy utilization efficiency for the system related to the direct radiation flux is of the order of 60%, with an electric efficiency of 16.4%.
AB - Electric energy production with photovoltaic (PV)/thermal solar hybrid systems can be enhanced with the employment of a bifacial PV module. Experimental model of a PV/thermal hybrid system with such a module was constructed and studied. To make use of both active surfaces of the bifacial PV module, we designed and made an original water-heating planar collector and a set of reflecting planes. The heat collector was transparent in the visible and near-infrared spectral regions, which makes it compatible with the PV module made of crystalline Si. The estimated overall solar energy utilization efficiency for the system related to the direct radiation flux is of the order of 60%, with an electric efficiency of 16.4%.
KW - Bifacial PV module
KW - PV/thermal hybrid system
KW - Transparent heat collector
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U2 - 10.1016/j.solmat.2007.08.005
DO - 10.1016/j.solmat.2007.08.005
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0927-0248
VL - 91
SP - 1966
EP - 1971
JO - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
JF - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
IS - 20
ER -
