Experimental investigation of solar photovoltaic panel integrated with phase change material and multiple conductivity-enhancing-containers
- Submitting institution
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University of Portsmouth
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 26285558
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.energy.2020.118047
- Title of journal
- Energy
- Article number
- 118047
- First page
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- Volume
- 205
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0360-5442
- Open access status
- Exception within 3 months of publication
- Month of publication
- June
- Year of publication
- 2020
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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4
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This was one of the first articles that showed that phase change material based cooling of solar photovoltaics can create hot spots and provided a solution to avoid them. This paper also developed a different technique to increase the thermal conductivity of phase change material containers. This work was part of an EPSRC funded project (EP/K03619X/1). The proposed technique was adopted by software company in India (Simulate Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Kanpur). This claim can be verified by contacting Director of the Company (Sanjeev Newar; sanjeev@simulatelearning.com). The work has spurred further important study (Savvakis and Tsoutsos, Energy 220, 119690 (2021))
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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