CFD Simulation: Study the Effect of Geometry Collectors on Photovoltaic Thermal Collector Temperature

The utilization of solarSolar energyEnergy has been widely developed because of its abundant existence, and it will not run out. Development of solarSolar energyEnergy utilization devices by combining photovoltaicPhotovoltaic (PV) and thermal (T) components so that they can generate electricity and thermal simultaneously. PhotovoltaicPhotovoltaic thermal collectors (PVT) are designed to dissipate heat on the PV surface to generate higher electrical energyEnergy. In this study, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation of the collector design on PVT was carried out using Solidworks 2017. Modeling was carried out on a variation of the collector geometryGeometry with three variations to determine the temperature difference of the photovoltaicPhotovoltaic heat collector. The collector geometryGeometry applied is in the form of boxs, triangles, and semicircles. A triangular collector has the most outstanding electrical efficiency compared to other variations, although not too significant. The maximum efficiency value obtained is 11.690% at a heat generation rate of 1000 W/m2. The heat generation rate for each collector variation can affect the collector temperature change, with the P-Value ANOVA reaching 0.000536.