Imperial College London
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ProfessorChristosMarkides

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering

Professor of Clean Energy Technologies
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 1601c.markides Website

 
 
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404ACE ExtensionSouth Kensington Campus

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BibTex format

@inbook{Tripanagnostopoulos:2022:10.1016/B978-0-12-819727-1.00051-0,
author = {Tripanagnostopoulos, Y and Huang, G and Wang, K and Markides, CN},
booktitle = {Comprehensive Renewable Energy, Second Edition: Volume 1-9},
doi = {10.1016/B978-0-12-819727-1.00051-0},
pages = {294--345},
title = {3.08 - Photovoltaic/Thermal Solar Collectors},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819727-1.00051-0},
year = {2022}
}
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TY  - CHAP
AB  - Photovoltaic (PV) modules convert, depending on cell type, about 5–20% of the incoming solar radiation into electricity, with most of the remaining energy converted to heat that is ultimately rejected to the environment and lost, while also increasing the temperature of the PV cells and therefore decreasing their electrical efficiency. This undesirable effect can be partially avoided by implementing a suitable thermal management solution involving the circulation of a coolant fluid. Such solar collectors, which incorporate a circulating fluid that is at a lower temperature than that of PV cells with the aim of cooling the latter, and that is thereby heated through its interaction with the module, are referred to hybrid PV/thermal (PV/T or PVT) collectors. A prominent associated feature of PV/T collectors is that they provide dual (electrical and thermal) energy outputs, thus increasing the total useful energy delivered from a given area. Most PV/T collectors can be split into water-cooled (PV/T-water) and air-cooled (PV/T-air) types, although the coolant medium can be any other fluid phase. Commercial products exist and installations are available, however, this solar technology has not yet found the market penetration of PV or solar-thermal systems, and most PV/T applications have been for demonstration purposes. In addition to flat-type PV/T collector designs, which are the most common commercially, a number of alternative PV/T collector designs have been proposed, including flat-box collectors, designs based on spectral splitting concepts and concentrating PV/T collectors (CPVT) that employ reflectors or lenses and concentrating PV cells, in all cases aiming to deliver a cost-effective solution for solar energy conversion and the delivery of useful energy to different end-users in different applications. Hybrid PV/T solar collectors can be considered either as PV modules combined with a cooling component that can deliver a useful thermal output (hot water o
AU  - Tripanagnostopoulos,Y
AU  - Huang,G
AU  - Wang,K
AU  - Markides,CN
DO  - 10.1016/B978-0-12-819727-1.00051-0
EP  - 345
PY  - 2022///
SN  - 9780128197271
SP  - 294
TI  - 3.08 - Photovoltaic/Thermal Solar Collectors
T1  - Comprehensive Renewable Energy, Second Edition: Volume 1-9
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819727-1.00051-0
ER  -
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