A sensitivity study of a hybrid photovoltaic/thermal water-heating system with natural circulation

Applied Energy

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 222-237

  Ji, Jie ^a   Lu, Jian Ping ^a   Chow, Tin Tai ^b   He, Wei ^a,b   Pei, Gang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hot water load per unit heat collecting area; Hybrid photovoltaic thermal (PV T) water heating system; Primary energy saving; PV cell covering factor; Total efficiency; Transmissivity

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; NATURAL CONVECTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR COLLECTORS;

CELL COVERING FACTOR; HEAT COLLECTING AREA; PRIMARY ENERGY SAVING; TRANSMISSIVITY;

SOLAR WATER HEATERS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; NATURAL CONVECTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR WATER HEATERS;

ALUMINUM COMPOUND; CRYSTALLINITY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; HYBRID; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICON; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER MASS;

EID: 33750313971     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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