Abstract
A novel PV-T solar cooker was designed, fabricated and performance tested. The novel design consist mainly of three components: two parabolic reflectors, photovoltaic solar panel connected to a charge controller connected to the battery storage system, and an outer box type solar cooker consists essentially of two glass covers, a dark absorber plate exposed to solar radiation from the top and the bottom sides. The performance of the PV-T solar cooker has been investigated with and without the photovoltaic solar panel. Tests and the measuring stagnation temperatures have been carried out in the town of Gafsa-Tunisia located in south-Western Tunisia, 350 kilometers from the capital, geographical coordinates are 34°25′ North and 8°47′ East, have a very high natural potential of solar energy availability. The mathematical models of the PV-T solar cooker are developed and numerically simulated to predicting the behavior of the system.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1632-1637 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | International Review of Mechanical Engineering |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| State | Published - 2012 |
Keywords
- Modeling
- Numerical simulation
- Photovoltaic solar panel
- Solar cooker
- Solar cookers
- Solar thermal energy
