Natural convective heat transfer in a walled CCPC with PV cell
Journal Article
Li, W., Paul, M. C., Sellami, N., Mallick, T. K., & Knox, A. (2017)
Natural convective heat transfer in a walled CCPC with PV cell. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 10, 499-516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2017.10.009
The natural convective heat transfer phenomenon in an isolated, walled CCPC with PV cell is studied experimentally at 1000 W/m2 irradiance and 28.5 °C ambient temperature as w...
An Experimental Investigation into Passive Temperature Regulation of a Novel WICPV System with Phase Change Material
Conference Proceeding
Sharma, S., Sellami, N., Tahir, A., & Mallick, T. (2016)
An Experimental Investigation into Passive Temperature Regulation of a Novel WICPV System with Phase Change Material. In Proceedings of the 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC 2016) (200-204
A novel Window-Integrated Concentrated Photovoltaic (WICPV) system proposed suitable for window integration, has been fabricated and characterised at 1000 Wm-2 (higher irradia...
Experimental and numerical investigation of thermal performance of a crossed compound parabolic concentrator with PV cell
Conference Proceeding
Li, W., Paul, M., Sellami, N., Mallick, T., & Knox, A. (2016)
Experimental and numerical investigation of thermal performance of a crossed compound parabolic concentrator with PV cell. In 12th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (911-914
Crossed compound parabolic concentrator (CCPC) is a solar energy device used to increase the photovoltaic (PV) cell electrical power output. CCPC’s thermal and optical perform...
Six-parameter electrical model for photovoltaic cell/module with compound parabolic concentrator
Journal Article
Li, W., Paul, M. C., Sellami, N., Sweet, T., Montecucco, A., Siviter, J., …Knox, A. (2016)
Six-parameter electrical model for photovoltaic cell/module with compound parabolic concentrator. Solar Energy, 137, 551-563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2016.08.050
It is known that compound parabolic concentrators (CPCs) can improve electrical performance of a photovoltaic (PV) flat-plate system. However, a lumped electrical model of a P...
Scalable solar thermoelectrics and photovoltaics (SUNTRAP)
Conference Proceeding
Sweet, T. K., Rolley, M., Min, G., Knox, A., Gregory, D., Paul, D., …et al. (2016)
Scalable solar thermoelectrics and photovoltaics (SUNTRAP). In AIP Conference Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4962105
This paper presents the design, manufacture and electrical test of a novel integrated III:V low concentrator photovoltaic and thermoelectric device for enhanced solar energy h...
Experimental performance of concentrating photovoltaic thermal module
Conference Proceeding
Adeilla, S., Sellami, N., & Tapas, M. (2016)
Experimental performance of concentrating photovoltaic thermal module. In 2016 7th International Renewable Energy Congress (IREC). https://doi.org/10.1109/IREC.2016.7478862
A concentrating photovoltaic thermal system is composed of multiple concentrator modules which designed with wide acceptance angle such (Hyperbolic Profile) to collect high il...
Facile Surfactant-Free Synthesis of p-Type SnSe Nanoplates with Exceptional Thermoelectric Power Factors
Journal Article
Han, G., Popuri, S. R., Greer, H. F., Bos, J. G., Zhou, W., Knox, A. R., …others. (2016)
Facile Surfactant-Free Synthesis of p-Type SnSe Nanoplates with Exceptional Thermoelectric Power Factors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55(22), 6433-6437. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201601420
A surfactant-free solution methodology, simply using water as a solvent, has been developed for the straightforward synthesis of single-phase orthorhombic SnSe nanoplates in g...
A novel absorptive/reflective solar concentrator for heat and electricity generation: An optical and thermal analysis
Journal Article
Meng, X., Sellami, N., Knox, A. R., Montecucco, A., Siviter, J., Mullen, P., …et al. (2016)
A novel absorptive/reflective solar concentrator for heat and electricity generation: An optical and thermal analysis. Energy Conversion and Management, 114, 142-153
The crossed compound parabolic concentrator (CCPC) is one of the most efficient non-imaging solar concentrators used as a stationary solar concentrator or as a second stage so...
Four-axis test platform to emulate solar azimuth and elevation for accurate measurement of PV devices
Conference Proceeding
Siviter, J., Ashraf, A., Mullen, P., Montecucco, A., Knox, A., Selami, N., & Mallick, T. (2015)
Four-axis test platform to emulate solar azimuth and elevation for accurate measurement of PV devices. In 11th Photovoltaic Science, Applications and Technology Conference, PVSAT-11 University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, Wednesday 15th - Friday 17th April 2015 - Conference Proceedings
The use of a solar source simulator in obtaining experimental data for a PV cell is well documented and current solar source technology is advanced in closely reproducing natu...
Unsteady optical and thermal behaviour of crossed compound parabolic concentrator with solar cell
Conference Proceeding
Li, W., Paul, M. C., Sellami, N., Mallick, T. K., & Knox, A. R. (2015)
Unsteady optical and thermal behaviour of crossed compound parabolic concentrator with solar cell. In 11th Photovoltaic Science, Applications and Technology Conference, PVSAT-11 University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, Wednesday 15th - Friday 17th April 2015 - Conference Proceedings
In reality, a solar panel with concentrator is subject to variable sunlight radiation, wind speed and environmental air temperature in a day, accordingly the solar output powe...