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APPLICATION OF BAFFLE PLATES AND ITS EFFECTS AS LOW COST HEAT EXTRACTION IMPROVEMENT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF PHOTOVOLTAIC THERMAL SYSTEM (PVT)
Prof. Uzma Qureshi* and Md.Amaan
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Prof. Uzma Qureshi*1 and Md.Amaan2 1Associate professor, Department of Mechanical Engg. SSSCE, Bhopal,India. 2Director JCI Project Solution Pvt. Ltd, Bhopal, India. Article Received on 01/12/2015 Article Revised on 22/12/2015 Article Accepted on 13/01/2016 ABSTRACT In this paper an experimental analysis on the performance of photovoltaic thermal system with two different configurations under the composite climate of Bhopal have been evaluated.For this evaluation two different configurations (type A and type B) of commercially available PVT modules have been installed and tested at the National Institute of Technology Bhopal(NIT, Bhopal). The type A PVT module comprises monocrystalline Si solar cells integrated with an air channel at the rear side of PV module for the air flow as a heat extraction unit, while the type B PVT module integrated with the baffle plates inside the air channel to generate the laminar air flow. The experiments have been performed at two different mass flow rates of air (0.052 kg/sec and 0.104 kg/sec) under clear weather conditions. It has been found that the average thermal efficiency and electrical efficiency for the type A PVT modules are 40.7% and 11.8%, respectively, and those for the type B PVT module are 39.4% and 11.5%, respectively.
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