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Journal of Alternate Energy Sources & Technologies

Compact PV-PCM System with Heat Recovery Unit for Cogeneration System

  1. Carlos Armenta-Deu

Abstract

This paper studies the feasibility of developing a compact system based on a photovoltaic panel with a heat exchanger embedded in a phase change material (PCM) attached to the rear side of the panel. The system generates electric energy at the PV panel, and thermal energy using the removed heat from the panel. The paper analyzes the improvement in PV panel efficiency and the Coefficient of Performance (COP) of the compact system. As a result of the heat recovering the efficiency of the PV panel increases from a peak value of 17.88% to a maximum of 20.15%. The COP of the compact system is of 36.3%, what shows the energy benefits of the cogeneration process.
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