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Table 1 Physical and thermal parameters used in the simulation

From: Parametric modeling and simulation of photovoltaic panels with earth water heat exchanger cooling

Parameters

Properties

PV/T collector length

1.20 m

PV/T collector width

1.59 m

Thermal conductivity of absorber plate

385 W/m K

Copper tube diameter (OD)

0.012 m

PV efficiency at reference condition

12 %

PV panel reference temperature

25 °C

HDPE pipe thermal conductivity

0.40 W/m K

Galvanized Iron (GI) pipe thermal conductivity

16 W/m K

Steel pipe thermal conductivity

54 W/m K

Fluid density

1000 kg/m3

Fluid thermal conductivity

0.55 W/m K

Buried pipe depth

3.5 m