COOLING PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS USING PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS – EXPERIMENTS AND ECONOMICAL STUDY
Khaled, M., Hachem, F., El-Rab, G., Ramadan, M. (2017). COOLING PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS USING PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS – EXPERIMENTS AND ECONOMICAL STUDY. EKB Journal Management System, 40(1), 25-29. doi: 10.21608/erjm.2017.66329
M. Khaled; F. Hachem; Gad El-Rab; M. Ramadan. "COOLING PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS USING PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS – EXPERIMENTS AND ECONOMICAL STUDY". EKB Journal Management System, 40, 1, 2017, 25-29. doi: 10.21608/erjm.2017.66329
Khaled, M., Hachem, F., El-Rab, G., Ramadan, M. (2017). 'COOLING PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS USING PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS – EXPERIMENTS AND ECONOMICAL STUDY', EKB Journal Management System, 40(1), pp. 25-29. doi: 10.21608/erjm.2017.66329
Khaled, M., Hachem, F., El-Rab, G., Ramadan, M. COOLING PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS USING PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS – EXPERIMENTS AND ECONOMICAL STUDY. EKB Journal Management System, 2017; 40(1): 25-29. doi: 10.21608/erjm.2017.66329

COOLING PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS USING PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS – EXPERIMENTS AND ECONOMICAL STUDY

ERJ. Engineering Research Journal
Article 4, Volume 40, Issue 1, January 2017, Page 25-29  XML PDF (524.42 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/erjm.2017.66329
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Authors
M. Khaled1; F. Hachem1; Gad El-Rab2; M. Ramadan1
1Mechanical Engineering Department, School of Engineering, Lebanese International University LIU, Beirut, Lebanon
2Mechanical Engineering Department, School of Engineering, Lebanese International University LIU, Beirut, Lebanon/Mechanical Engineering Department, School of Engineering, Lebanese International University LIU, Beirut, Lebanon
Abstract
This work concerns an experimental study of the effect of Phase Change Materials PCM on the thermal behavior and electrical performance of a Photovoltaic PV panel. To proceed, an appropriate experimental setup is devised and two prototypes constructed and tested. Prototype 1 corresponds to a reference case and consists of a stand, a PV panel, and an electrical circuit with a given load. Prototype 2 corresponds to an enhanced case of prototype 1 with in addition a container at the rear face of the PV panel that holds PCM. It was shown that the use of PCM can increase the electrical efficiency of PV panels by an average of 5%.
Keywords
PV Cell; PCM; Cooling; Efficiency; Experimental Setup
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