Research Article

Numerical Investigation of Electrical Efficiency with the Application of Hybrid Nanofluids for Photovoltaic Thermal Systems Contained in a Cavity Channel

Table 2

Parameter selection for the thermophysical properties of the photovoltaic cell [26, 27].

386 (J/(kg K))Specific heat for copper
8900 (kg/m3)Density of copper
398 (W/(mK))Thermal conductivity of copper
2330 (kg/m3)Density of silicon
716 (J/(kg·K))Heat capacity of silicon
157 (W/(mK))Thermal conductivity of silicon
0.003 (1/K)Temperature coefficient
0.9Absorptance
0.2Reference efficiency of cell