Performance Analysis of Photovoltaic Thermal System Combined With Thermal Energy Storage Using Paraffin Wax as Phase Change Material

Authors

  • Arun Kumar P  PG Student, Department of Energy Engineering, Cape Institute of Technology, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Rajkumar K  Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cape Institute of Technology, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Milan S  Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cape Institute of Technology, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Johnny Varghese A  Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cape Institute of Technology, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India

Keywords:

Photovoltaic cell, photovoltaic (PV) system, solar radiation, thermal energy, phase change material, thermal energy storage, latent heat.

Abstract

This paper presents experimental assessments of the thermal and electrical performance of photovoltaic (PV) system by comparing the latent heat-cooled PV panel with the naturally-cooled equivalent. It is commonly known that the energy conversion efficiency of the PV cells declines with the increment of the PV cell temperature. To absorb the temperature of the PV panel by using heat transfer fluid is a way to increase the PV panel outputs. In the experiment, latent heat thermal energy storage was coupled to the rear side of the PV panel to achieve cell cooling passively. Thermal energy storage (TES) using phase change materials (PCMs) has received increasing attention since the last decades, due to its great potential for energy savings and energy management in the building sector. As one of the main categories of organic PCMs, paraffins exhibit favourable phase change temperatures for solar thermal energy storage. Its application is therefore effective to overcome the intermittent problem of solar energy utilisation, thereby reducing the power consumption of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and domestic hot water (DHW) systems. This chapter reviews the development and performance evaluation of solar thermal energy storage using paraffin-based PCMs in the built environment.

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2021-04-10

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Volume 9, Issue 1, March-April-2021

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Arun Kumar P, Rajkumar K, Milan S, Johnny Varghese A, " Performance Analysis of Photovoltaic Thermal System Combined With Thermal Energy Storage Using Paraffin Wax as Phase Change Material, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 9, Issue 1, pp.1301-1307, March-April-2021.