Experimental Study on A Concentrating Solar Photovoltaic/Thermal System

In this work, A single-pass photovoltaic/thermal solar system with compound parabolic concentrator(CPC) and fins is designed and its electric-thermal performance over arrange of local conditions is studied by an experimental method. A prototype double-trough compound parabolic concentrator is designed and fabricated. The absorber of the hybrid PV/T air system under investigation consists of solar cell model and a block aluminium sheet pained black coating for generating electricity and thermal energy, CPC to increase the radiation intensity falling on the solar cells and fins attached to the back side of the solar cell panel to improve heat transfer to the flowing air. The temperature of various components of the PV/T system is presented in the study.