Outdoor performance of solar PV/T air system

Major application of PV modules is to convert solar energy into electrical energy. One of the weaknesses of PV module is its efficiency are depends on temperature. In simple way, it can be describe that as temperature increase, the efficiency of PV module decrease. According to that, new area of research called PV/T is given attention to generate more electricity while cooling the PV module by extracting heat using fluid. In this paper, an outdoor testing to investigate the electrical and thermal performance of air based PV/T system with different speed of air has been carried out. The electrical performance of PV/T system is then being compared to electrical performance of PV module without thermal collector. Electrical output of the system can be used for the purpose of lighting and else while heated air is important to provide warm and comfortable environment in the house especially in cold climate country.