Numerical investigation of the thermal management performance of MEPCM modules for PV applications

Energies

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3922-3936

  Tanuwijava, Abednego Oscar ^a   Ho, Ching Jenq ^a   Lai, Chi Ming ^a   Huang, Chao Yang ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Microencapsulated Phase Change material (MEPCM); Photovoltaic (PV); Thermal Performance

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ENERGY CONVERSION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROENCAPSULATION; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMAL VARIABLES CONTROL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (MEPCM); NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84884627343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en6083922     Document Type: Article

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