Modeling of a Hybrid Photovoltaic Thermal Collector Based on Thin Film Solar Cells in Three Dimensions

• Published in: Applied solar energy Vol. 58; no. 3; pp. 389 - 394
• Main Authors: Haloui, H., Touafek, K., Zaabat, M., Khelifa, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.06.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Copper indium gallium selenides; Electrical Machines and Networks; Engineering; Flow velocity; Fluid dynamics; Fluid flow; Modelling; New technology; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaics; Power Electronics; Solar cells; Solar collectors; Solar energy; Solar Installations and Their Application; Thin films; Three dimensional models; PVT solar collector; temperature; fluide flow velocity; electrical performance; CIGS; thin films
• ISSN: 0003-701X; 1934-9424
• DOI: 10.3103/S0003701X22030069

Hybrid photovoltaic/thermal collectors are an emerging technology that combines photovoltaic and solar collectors by simultaneously producing heat and electricity. A researcher found to modelise different photovoltaic thermal (PVT) collectors using different configurations, where these collectors are based on monocrystalline silicon, furthermore we thought to study a PVT collector based on binary, ternary and quaternary materials used in thin films solar cells in order to increase the efficiency and reduce the cost. In this paper we studied a three-dimensional modeling of a hybrid PVT collector based on thin film solar cells (CIGS) by the Comsol 5.4 software. The results show that the temperature of the PVT collector reach a maximum value of the 95°C, the fluid flow velocity reach a value of 0.00275 m/s, the electrical current and power of the PVT collector are presented and analyzed.