Performance Characterisation of a Hybrid Flat-Plate Vacuum Insulated Photovoltaic/Thermal Solar Power Module in Subtropical Climate

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijp/volume-2016/6145127/figures/6145127.fig.004a.svgz" name="6145127.fig.004a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Useful heat <svg height="11.927pt" id="M108" style="vertical-align:-3.291101pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 14.9957 11.927" width="14.9957pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M699 368C699 549 574 666 407 666C186 666 23 488 23 277C23 113 129 -3 288 -13L307 -26C431 -111 501 -139 533 -147C559 -154 613 -163 658 -164L666 -141C597 -111 507 -66 430 -11L416 -1C580 42 699 190 699 368ZM601 371C601 227 518 54 381 22L354 40L278 24C175 47 120 145 120 269C120 451 235 631 398 631C540 631 601 521 601 371Z" id="g113-82"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="722" vert-adv-y="722"></glyph.data></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,9.321,3.132)"><path d="M528 97L513 125C484 95 440 68 431 68C425 68 421 76 427 107C449 227 476 342 505 451H495L418 424L385 278C338 191 220 62 157 62C145 62 133 76 145 130L200 368C215 434 210 451 183 451C157 451 92 418 24 352L37 324C78 356 106 377 115 377C123 377 122 364 116 340L64 115C58 89 56 68 56 52C56 2 78 -12 103 -12C127 -12 159 -4 190 18C247 59 309 113 366 187H368L351 108C328 1 348 -12 368 -12C403 -12 472 33 528 97Z" id="g50-118"></path><glyph.data ascent="3443" descent="-2856" horiz-adv-x="552" vert-adv-y="552"></glyph.data></g></svg></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijp/volume-2016/6145127/figures/6145127.fig.004b.svgz" name="6145127.fig.004b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Outlet water temperature</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijp/volume-2016/6145127/figures/6145127.fig.004c.svgz" name="6145127.fig.004c" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(c) </b>PV cell surface temperature</td></tr></table>

<div>The variation of useful heat, outlet water, and PV cell average surface temperatures as a function of time of the day.</div>

International Journal of Photoenergy

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Figure 4: Performance Characterisation of a Hybrid Flat-Plate Vacuum Insulated Photovoltaic/Thermal Solar Power Module in Subtropical Climate 