Annual performance of building-integrated photovoltaic/water-heating system for warm climate application

Applied Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 689-696

  Chow, T T ^a   Chan, A L S ^a   Fong, K F ^a   Lin, Z ^a   He, W ^b   Ji, J ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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

Author keywords

Building integrated design; Hybrid solar system; Photovoltaic; Solar thermal

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDINGS; COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; INVESTMENTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

AIR-CONDITIONED BUILDINGS; BUILDING INTEGRATED; BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC; CELL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HYBRID SOLAR SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SOLAR THERMAL;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HEATING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

EID: 59249088554     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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