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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 article, the photovoltaic panel (PVP) area is shown to be much smaller than that of the solar collector, and the performance of different panels in the hybrid PV-thermal system was investigated, in particular, those made of crystalline (c-) Si, α-Si and CuInSe2 as well as different materials and constructions for the thermal contact between the panel and the collector.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the potential of deploying a distributed network of PV CHP hybrid systems in order to increase the PV penetration level in the U.S. single family residences.
Abstract: The recent development of small scale combined heat and power (CHP) systems has provided the opportunity for in-house power backup of residential-scale photovoltaic (PV) arrays. This paper investigates the potential of deploying a distributed network of PV CHP hybrid systems in order increase the PV penetration level in the U.S. The temporal distribution of solar flux, electrical and heating requirements for representative U.S. single family residences were analyzed and the results clearly show that hybridizing CHP with PV can enable additional PV deployment above what is possible with a conventional centralized electric generation system. The technical evolution of such PV CHP hybrid systems was developed from the present (near market) technology through four generations, which enable high utilization rates of both PV-generated electricity and CHP-generated heat. A method to determine the maximum percent of PV-generated electricity on the grid without energy storage was derived and applied to an example area. The results show that a PV CHP hybrid system not only has the potential to radically reduce energy waste in the status quo electrical and heating systems, but it also enables the share of solar PV to be expanded by about a factor of five.
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TL;DR: In this article, a comparative performance assessment study of solar thermal and photovoltaic (PV) hydrogen production methods is carried out, and it is found that the solar thermal hydrogen production via electricity production is an environmentally benign method and possesses higher exergy efficiency than PV hydrogen production.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors made a rigorous analysis of projected solar heating costs in eight U.S. cities and optimized the heating system design in each location to achieve the minimum total annual heating cost possible under the particular climatic, geographic, and residential characteristics involved.
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11 Dec 1997
TL;DR: A two-terminal voltage or current matched solar cell has up to four photovoltaically active junctions which efficiently convert solar radiation into electricity as mentioned in this paper, which allows the solar spectrum to be converted into electricity more efficiently than previously.
Abstract: A two-terminal voltage or current matched solar cell has up to four photovoltaically active junctions which efficiently convert solar radiation into electricity. The solar cell comprises GaInP (10"), GaAs (12"), and GaInAsP (15"), and in the four junction case, GaInAs (70") is used as well. The invention allows the solar spectrum to be converted into electricity more efficiently than previously (Fig. 3).
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