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Photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector
About: Photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 8688 publications have been published within this topic receiving 232734 citations.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the feasibility of the developed aluminum profiled heat pipes application to thermal solar collectors was proved; and they can be successfully integrated to building facades and roofs, which is particularly important when they are facade integrated.
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TL;DR: In this paper, an experimental investigation of using a combination of solar and wind energies as hybrid system for electrical generation under the Jordanian climate conditions is presented. But, the performance characteristic of the PV panels has been obtained by varying the load value through a variable resistance.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of porous media on the performance of a double-pass hybrid PV/thermal air collector was achieved by building an experimental set-up for this purpose, which showed that using porous media expanded the area of heat transfer and thus increased the thermal efficiency and temperature of the exit air from the hybrid solar collector.
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26 Dec 1996TL;DR: In this paper, a hybrid system can be achieved in which the hot air can be led into a house while maintaining the performance of solar cells making use of amorphous silicon semiconductors.
Abstract: A solar cell module (206,404) is provided at the position of a heat collecting plate (405) inside a heat collector (200,400), at the position of its window member (204,403) or at the position of its bottom plate. With such constitution, a hybrid system can be achieved in which the hot air can be led into a house while maintaining the performance of solar cells making use of amorphous silicon semiconductors. In the case where solar cells are provided at the position of the heat collecting plate, a resin used as a filler has so high a thermal resistance that the heat conduction to the air may be insufficient to make it impossible to obtain hot air having a sufficiently high temperature. To solve this problem, the solar cell module (206,404) is made to have a smaller thermal resistance on the non-light-receiving side than the thermal resistance on the light-receiving side.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a specific review on solar absorption energy storage and its integration with conventional absorption chillers and highlight future future research directions on the subject, including economic viability of the storage, improved design of heat exchangers and considering the concept of energy storage as an option for shifting solar thermal energy collected during the peak day-hours to the off peak night-hours for air conditioning, among others.
Abstract: Solar driven absorption systems are becoming more tractive and common in air conditioning industry. However, the issue of intermittency of the solar energy remains the critical concern in real applications. Hence, energy storage is inevitable to bridge the energy demand and intermittency gap. Among the existing thermal energy storage options, sensible heat storage is the most widely adopted in solar thermal applications. Research interest on absorption energy storage is increasing recently owing to low heat loss and high-energy storage capability. This paper presents a specific review on solar absorption energy storage and its integration with conventional absorption chillers. Specific future research directions on the subject are highlighted in the paper. These include economic viability of the absorption energy storage, improved design of heat exchangers and considering the concept of absorption energy storage as an option for shifting solar thermal energy collected during the peak day-hours to the off peak night-hours for air conditioning, among others.
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