R. Mazón
Thermal and Fluid Engineering Department, Technical University of Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
A. S. Káiser
Thermal and Fluid Engineering Department, Technical University of Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
B. Zamora
Thermal and Fluid Engineering Department, Technical University of Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
J. R. García
Thermal and Fluid Engineering Department, Technical University of Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
F. Vera
Thermal and Fluid Engineering Department, Technical University of Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Carlos Ariel Cardona
Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Manizales, Colombia
Luis Eduardo Rincón
Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Manizales, Colombia
Juan Jacobo Jaramillo
Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Manizales, Colombia
Maria Papadopoulou
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Darren Robinson
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Urs Wilke
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Amir Falahatkar
Department of Energy Engineering, Science & Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
M. Khalaji Assadi
Department of Energy Engineering, Science & Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Sofie Osbeck
Swerea IVF AB, Mölndal, Sweden
Charlotte Bergek
Swerea IVF AB, Mölndal, Sweden
Anders Klässbo
Swerea IVF AB, Mölndal, Sweden
Patrik Thollander
Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping Univeristy, Linköping, Sweden
Simon Harvey
Department of Energy and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
Patrik Rohdin
Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping Univeristy, Linköping, Sweden
Leif Gustavsson
Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden \ Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden
Ambrose Dodoo
Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden
Roger Sathre
Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden
Nicoletta Kythreotou
School of Engineering and design, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK
Georgios Florides
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus
Savvas A. Tassou
School of Engineering and design, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK
Toufic Mezher
Masdar Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Gihan Dawelbait
Masdar Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Zeina Abbas
Masdar Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Download articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.3384/ecp110572907Published in: World Renewable Energy Congress - Sweden; 8-13 May; 2011; Linköping; Sweden
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 57:29, p. 2907-2915
This paper describes a model to account for the heat transfer and the convective flow induced in the interior of a channel inclined 35° with respect to the horizontal; formed by a photovoltaic panel and an adiabatic plate. The model developed is validated experimentally by measurements made on an experimental prototype. The solar installation consists of two photovoltaic panels integrated with air ducts on the top of a building in southern Spain. The objective is to determine the temperature reached by the photovoltaic module in this configuration. This model considers the processes of heat transfer by radiation and convection on the outside for several atmospheric conditions (wind speed; ambient temperature and incident radiation) and for different geometrical and physical characteristics of the PV cooling duct (plate area; module performance; emission and absorption coefficients). Good agreement has been obtained between the experimental data and the results of this model.
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