Evaluation of phase change materials for thermal regulation enhancement of building integrated photovoltaics

Ahmed Hasan; S McCormack; M. J. Huang; B. Norton

doi:10.1016/j.solener.2010.06.010

Evaluation of phase change materials for thermal regulation enhancement of building integrated photovoltaics

Ahmed Hasan, S McCormack, M. J. Huang, B. Norton

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Abstract

Regulating the temperature of building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) using phase change materials (PCMs) reduces the loss of temperature dependent photovoltaic (PV) efficiency. Five PCMs were selected for evaluation all with melting temperatures 25 ± 4 °C and heat of fusion between 140 and 213 kJ/kg. Experiments were conducted at three insolation intensities to evaluate the performance of each PCM in four different PV/PCM systems. The effect on thermal regulation of PV was determined by changing the (i) mass of PCM and (ii) thermal conductivities of the PCM and PV/PCM system. A maximum temperature reduction of 18 °C was achieved for 30 min while 10 °C temperature reduction was maintained for 5 h at −1000 W/m2 insolation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1601-1612
Journal	Journal of Solar Energy
Volume	84
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2010.06.010
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - Sept 2010

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Phase change materials (PCM)
Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV)
Thermal regulation enhancement

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Evaluation of phase change materials for thermal regulation enhancement of building integrated photovoltaics

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