Analytical prediction of the performance of an air photovoltaic/thermal flat-plate collector

Technical Report · Wed Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5416628· OSTI ID:5416628

Raghuraman, P.

A one-dimensional analysis developed by MIT Lincoln Laboratory predicts the electrical and thermal performance of an air photovoltaic/thermal flat-plate collector. The analysis compares well with test measurements, predicting the thermal efficiency to within 2 percent. From the analysis, the poor thermal performance of the collector is attributable, in part, to the large undulations of the cell/silicone pottant surface in contact with the flowing air that results in less effective convective heat-transfer areas between the cell and the air.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Lexington, MA (United States). Lincoln Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76ET20279
• OSTI ID: 5416628
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/20279-93
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
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TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION
THERMAL EFFICIENCY
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