EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF A RETROFITTED SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC THERMAL COLLECTOR SET AT A VERTICAL INCLINATIO

BOUDJABI Amel Ferial; BOUCETTA Chahrazed; GHOUL Roumeissa; DIB Abderrahmane

BOUDJABI Amel Ferial Faculté des Sciences et des Sciences Appliquées, Université Larbi Ben M’hidi Oum El Bouaghi, Algérie
BOUCETTA Chahrazed Faculté des Sciences Exactes et des Sciences de la Nature et Vie, Université Larbi Ben M’hidi, Oum El Bouaghi, Algérie
GHOUL Roumeissa Faculté des Sciences et des Sciences Appliquées, Université Larbi Ben M’hidi Oum El Bouaghi, Algérie
DIB Abderrahmane Faculté des Sciences et des Sciences Appliquées, Université Larbi Ben M’hidi Oum El Bouaghi, Algérie

Keywords: PV-T solar collector, energy conversion, building, efficiency

Abstract

Renewable energy systems and their efficiency have major factors on building’s sector. This studyconcerns an experimental investigation of hybrid photovoltaic thermal collector, simulating a building integrated photovoltaic façade. The retrofitted solar panel ensured good electrical conversion efficiency with an average gain of 7% and 8.85% for the two optimal configurations compared to the conventional panel. Besides, the heat discharged from the cells preheats the airflow at rear of the panel resulting thermal efficiency of 60 to 70%. Amongst the tested configurations, two cases showed electrical and thermal efficiencies’ enhancement: lower power device in air extraction mode and higher power device for incoming air case.