Research Article
Experiment Investigation on Electrical and Thermal Performances of a Semitransparent Photovoltaic/Thermal System with Water Cooling
Table 3
List of experimental results.
| Parameters | Initial water temperature in the tank (°C) | Average environmental temperature (°C) | Average solar radiation (Wm−2) | Average water flow (m3h−1) | PV efficiency (%) | System thermal efficiency (%) |
| Case 1 | 20.9 | 12.7 | 520.9 | 0.031 | 0.113 | 0.484 | Case 2 | 24.7 | 14.5 | 710.6 | 0.031 | 0.124 | 0.484 | Case 3 | 26.2 | 15.6 | 665.2 | 0.031 | 0.121 | 0.474 | Case 4 | 28.7 | 17.4 | 778.0 | 0.031 | 0.121 | 0.479 | Case 5 | 30.7 | 17.7 | 845.0 | 0.031 | 0.11 | 0.489 | Case 6 | 33.3 | 17.9 | 930.8 | 0.031 | 0.101 | 0.444 | Case 7 | 35.8 | 18.5 | 979.0 | 0.031 | 0.113 | 0.451 | Case 8 | 38.4 | 19.4 | 969.2 | 0.031 | 0.112 | 0.414 | Case 9 | 41.6 | 19.5 | 753.5 | 0.031 | 0.102 | 0.266 | Case 10 | 43.1 | 19.7 | 806.1 | 0.031 | 0.107 | 0.263 | Case 11 | 44.5 | 19.5 | 611.0 | 0.031 | 0.095 | 0.148 |
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