High efficiency solar panel with heat pipe

Name: Chirdpun Vitooraporn

Organization : Chulalongkorn University. Mechanical Engineering Department

Email : chirdpun@hotmail.com

Name: Ultimate Tiamsa-ad

Organization : Chulalongkorn University. Mechanical Engineering Department

Name: Tithit Surakampontorn

Organization : Environmental Engineering Department

keyword: Two-phase liquid

ThaSH: Solar collectors

ThaSH: Heat pipes

ThaSH: Heat -- Transmission

Abstract: Solar energy is becoming one of major energy sources that being used worldwide. Solar panel system is a system that used mostly to convert solar energy into electric energy. However, due to its efficiency drops as its surface temperature rises which leads to system output reduction, there is a need to find out how to avoid this energy loss in a system. The objective of this research is to design and manufacture a heat pipe to apply with solar panel which can enhance heat transfer of the panel and hence reduce the energy loss. The heat pipe is tested to verify its potential in reducing the panel's surface temperature. Benefit of applying heat pipe to solar panel is analysed in order to quantify the increase in electric power production, feasibility of investment in the heat pipe-combined solar panel as well as the amount of carbon dioxide that can be reduced. The designed heat pipe has a rectangular-shape cross section. It is made of aluminium and uses water as a working fluid. The heat pipe is manufactured to form as a sleeping chair-liked shape. Water is filled over evaporator section of the heat pipe and vacuumed until the water is in saturated state. An experiment is conducted to test its potential by projecting light from a halogen lamp on 2 samples, the first one is on a plain solar panel and the other is on a solar panel attached with the heat pipe. Results show that heat pipe is capable of reducing panel's surface temperature by 11.7 degrees under 26 degrees ambient temperature which results in 5.22 percent increase of average electric power production. The amount of carbon dioxide reduction is approximately 10.15 kg per year

King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok. Central Library

Address: BANGKOK

Email: library@kmutnb.ac.th

Created: 2020

Modified: 2025-06-11

Issued: 2025-06-11

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BibliograpyCitation : In Ubon Ratchathani University Faculty of Engineering. The 11th TSME International Conference on Mechanical Engineering 2020 (TSME-ICoME11) (pp.229-238) Ubon Ratchathani : Ubon Ratchathani University

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