Abstract This article aims to propose and study a new system design for renewable energy called photovoltaic/ solar pond. This new system involves cooling the arrays of the photovoltaic/thermal collectors, which are installed beside the salinity gradient solar pond with a heat exchanger that is installed behind each solar cell. Thermal energy gained by the photovoltaic/thermal collectors was stored in the heat storage zone using a heat exchanger system. An experimental assessment was performed to examine the thermal performance of the mini PV/solar pond. The experiments were carried out for five months, starting from September 2019 and ending in January 2020, in Kirkuk, Iraq. During this period, temperature, salinity, and power generation were recorded in real-time. The experimental results confirmed that the maximum total efficiency value of the system was 37.67% which was recorded in September. Besides, the highest value of the daily thermal efficiency was 30% for September, while the ultimate value of the daily electrical efficiency was 9.357% as recorded in December. The current result agrees well with other experimental studies in the same field.

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太阳能池与光伏/集热器集成的性能

摘要 本文旨在提出并研究一种称为光伏/太阳能池的可再生能源新系统设计。这个新系统涉及冷却光伏/热收集器阵列，这些收集器安装在盐度梯度太阳能池旁边，并在每个太阳能电池后面安装了一个热交换器。由光伏/集热器获得的热能使用热交换器系统存储在储热区。进行了实验评估以检查微型光伏/太阳能池的热性能。这些实验从 2019 年 9 月开始到 2020 年 1 月在伊拉克基尔库克进行了五个月。在此期间，实时记录温度、盐度和发电量。实验结果证实，该系统的最大总效率值为 37.67%，是在 9 月份记录的。此外，9月份的日热效率最高值为30%，而12月份的日电效率最终值为9.357%。目前的结果与同一领域的其他实验研究非常吻合。