RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Experimental analysis of a novel PV/T panel with PCM and heat pipes A1 González Peña, David A1 Alonso de Miguel, Iván A1 Diez Mediavilla, Montserrat A1 Alonso Tristán, Cristina K1 hybrid solar system K1 PV/T K1 PCM K1 heat pipe K1 Ingeniería eléctrica K1 Electric engineering AB A new design for the use of photovoltaic and thermal (PV/T) technology with thermal storage is reported in this work. In the new design, a phase change material (PCM) tank is added to the backside of the photovoltaic panel. The advantages of this design are the storage of thermal energy and the efficiency improvement of the photovoltaic (PV) panel as a result of the temperature control of the PV cell during the phase change process. In addition, a perimeter with a black surface surrounds the PV panel to increase the absorption of thermal energy. The thermal energy is then transferred to the backside of the PCM tank by heat pipes. One prototype with lauric acid as PCM was tested under two different operating configurations and resulted in an overall daily efficiency of 50% coulding be improve by controlling the PCM temperature during the day. PB MDPI YR 2020 FD 2020-02 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/5491 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/5491 LA eng NO Regional Government of Castilla y León, Spain (Ref. BU034U16) and the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation & Universities under the I+D+i state program “Challenges Research Projects” (Ref. RTI2018-098900-B-I00) DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos RD 26-abr-2024