Sains Ma1aysiana 27: 139-146 (1998)                                                                             Sains Fizis dan Gunaan/

                                                                                                                                       Physical and Applied Sciences

Instantaneous Performance of A Double-Pass

Hybrid Solar Collector

Kamaruzzaman Bin Sopian

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, D.E

ABSTRACT

A hybrid solar collector is a combination of thermal and photovoltaic systems. It generates both thermal and electrical energies simultaneously. An experimental setup of a double-pass photovoltaic thermal solar air collector was designed and fabricated to study the performance over a range of design and operating conditions. The instantaneous performance of the system has been obtained. The thermal, photovoltaic and combined photovoltaic thermal efficiencies of the photovoltaic thermal solar collector have been determined.

ABSTRAK

Pengumpul suria hibrid adalah kombinasi sistem-sistem terma dan fotovoltaik. Pengumpul jenis ini boleh menghasilkan tenaga-tenaga terma dan elektrik secara serentak. Satu rig ujikaji berkenaan dengan sistem fotovoltaik terma udara dua laluan telah direkabentuk dan dihasilkan untuk mengkaji prestasi sistem dengan keadaan-keadaan reka bentuk dan operasi yang berlainan. Prestasi seketika sistem telah didapati. Kecekapan-kecekapan terma, fotovoltaik dan campuran fotovoltaik terma untuk pengumpul telah diperolehi.

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Sopian, K., Yigit, K.S., Liu, H.T., Kakac, S. & Veziroglu, T.N. 1995. An Investigation into the Performance of a Double-Pass Photovoltaic Thermal Solar Collector, R.J. Krane (ed) Thermodynamics and Design, Analysis, and Improvement of Energy Systems, 1995 AS ME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition, San Francisco, November 12-17, AES-Vol. 35, p. 89-94.

Sopian, K., Liu, H.T., Kakac, S., & Veziroglu, T.N. 1996. Performance of a Hybrid Photovoltaic Thermal Solar Collector, in Duncan, A.B. et al., (eds) Proceedings of the ASME Advanced Energy System Division, 1996 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition, Atlanta, November 25-28, AES-Vol. 36, pp. 341-346.