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Title: | Enhancing the thermal conductivity of ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) in a photovoltaic thermal collector |
Authors: | Allan, J Pinder, H Dehouche, Z |
Keywords: | Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate (EVA);Thermal conductivity;Photovoltaic thermal collector |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
Publisher: | AIP Publishing |
Citation: | AIP Advances, 6, 035011 (2016) |
Abstract: | Samples of Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate (EVA) were doped with particles of Boron Nitride (BN) in concentrations ranging from 0-60% w/w. Thermal conductivity was measured using a Differential Scanning Calorimetery (DSC) technique. The thermal conductivity of parent EVA was increased from 0.24W/m K to 0.80W/m K for the 60% w/w sample. Two PV laminates were made; one using the parent EVA the other using EVA doped with 50% BN. When exposed to a one directional heat flux the doped laminate was, on average, 6% cooler than the standard laminate. A finite difference model had good agreement with experimental results and showed that the use of 60% BN composite achieved a PV performance increase of 0.3% compared to the standard laminate. |
URI: | http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/adva/6/3/10.1063/1.4944557 http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/12567 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4944557 |
ISSN: | 2158-3226 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Papers |
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