Comparative study of double-pass flat and compound parabolic concentrated photovoltaic-thermal systems with and without fins

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 98, Issue , 2015, Pages 59-68

  Elsafi, Amin M ^a   Gandhidasan, P ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

CPC; Double pass air collector; Electrical and thermal performance; Fins; Solar PVT system

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

AIR COLLECTORS; CPC; FINS; SOLAR PVT SYSTEM; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 84926671955     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2015.03.084     Document Type: Article

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