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dc.contributor.authorAbdul-Ganiyu, Saeed
dc.contributor.authorQuansah, David Ato
dc.contributor.authorRamde, Emmanuel W
dc.contributor.authorSeidu, Razak
dc.contributor.authorAdaramola, Muyiwa S.
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-10T11:56:27Z
dc.date.available2022-05-10T11:56:27Z
dc.date.created2020-05-28T23:37:32Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationEnergies. 2020, 13 (11), .en_US
dc.identifier.issn1996-1073
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2995076
dc.description.abstractThe main objective of this paper is to experimentally assess the real-life outdoor performance of a photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) module against a conventional photovoltaic (PV) system in a hot humid tropical climate in Ghana. An experimental setup comprising a water-based mono-crystalline silicon PVT and an ordinary mono-crystalline silicon PV was installed on a rooftop at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi and results evaluated for the entire year of 2019. It was observed that the annual total output energy of PV module was 194.79 kWh/m2 whereas that of the PVT for electrical and thermal outputs were 149.92 kWh/m2 and 1087.79 kWh/m2, respectively. The yearly average daily electrical energy yield for the PV and PVT were 3.21 kWh/kWp/day and 2.72 kWh/kWp/day, respectively. The annual performance ratios for the PV and PVT (based on electrical energy output only) were 79.2% and 51.6%, respectively, whilst their capacity factors were, respectively, 13.4% and 11.3%. Whereas the highest monthly mean efficiency recorded for the PV was 12.7%, the highest combined measured monthly mean electrical/thermal efficiency of the PVT was 56.1%. It is also concluded that the PVT is a worthy prospective alternative energy source in off-grid situations.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleInvestigation of Solar Photovoltaic-Thermal (PVT) and Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Performance: A Case Study in Ghanaen_US
dc.title.alternativeInvestigation of Solar Photovoltaic-Thermal (PVT) and Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Performance: A Case Study in Ghanaen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.source.pagenumber17en_US
dc.source.volume13en_US
dc.source.journalEnergiesen_US
dc.source.issue11en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/en13112701
dc.identifier.cristin1813119
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