25-10-2014, 04:01 PM
Abstracts: A solar PV/T system comprises of a PV panel and the rare surface consists of tubes through which the air or water is passed as a cooling medium. The cooling medium absorbs the heat from the panel, thus maintaining the panel temperature. As the ambient temperature increases the panel efficiency drops. Therefore we have to avoid the panel from overheating. In this report the overall efficiency of the panel is calculated. Also the variation in efficiency with respect to change in mass flow rate of cooling medium is calculated. The study of carbon footprint is also done.