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Performance Evaluation of a Hybrid Solar Collector in Two Different Climates

Ahssan M. A. Alshibil
University of Kufa, Iraq
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Piroska Víg
Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hungary
István Farkas
Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Science, Hungary
DOI icon 10.24018/ejenergy.2021.1.2.11

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Submitted 2021-06-03
Published 2021-06-30

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The solar hybrid collector (PV/T) modules are a beneficial approach that simultaneously transforms solar radiation into heat and electric power. This work examined the performance of a PV/T module with flat-plate absorber type and water-cooled by optimizing the PV/T model under two significantly different climate conditions.  The first is for Stuttgart city, and the second is for Kabul. According to what has been conducted in this study, Kabul has a higher percentage of the received heat energy than Stuttgart, at more than 50.4%. Furthermore, Kabul's electrical efficiency is 48.3% higher than Stuttgart's. As a matter of fact, the annual radiation of Kabul is more than Stuttgart city by 49.12%. Thus, Kabul city seems to be more convenient than Stuttgart for the PV/T applications.

Keywords: Climates, performance evaluation, PV/T collector

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