What is it about?
The paper deals with numerical and experimental analysis of a photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) module that is based on the original idea to put the water in front of the PV module as it act a low-pass filter for the solar light
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Why is it important?
The proposed solution, named TESPI, can convert easily a traditional PV array into a PV/T array. The flexibility of the proposed solution allow to adapt the sizing of the PV/T array to the thermal and electrical demand.
Perspectives
This article was very stimulating for me due to the variety of treated topics (from optic to photovoltaic effect), it has a co-author with whom I have had long and very effective collaboration in the field of photovoltaic systems. The topic describe in this paper has been further developed in a book dedicated to floating and submerged PV modules.
Dr Giuseppe Marco Tina
University of Catania
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This page is a summary of: TESPI: Thermal Electric Solar Panel Integration, Solar Energy, October 2011, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.07.003.
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