Detailed analysis of the energy yield of systems with covered sheet-and-tube PVT collectors

Solar Energy

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 867-878

  Santbergen, R ^a   Rindt, C C M ^a   Zondag, H A ^b   van Zolingen, R J Ch ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

PVT collectors; PVT system yield; PVT systems; Solar thermal collector

Indexed keywords

ANTI REFLECTIVE COATINGS; ELECTRICAL EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ENERGY YIELDS; FLUID TEMPERATURES; HIGH EMISSIVITY; LOSS MECHANISMS; LOW TEMPERATURES; LOW-EMISSIVITY COATING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PV MODULES; PV SYSTEM; SOLAR CELL TECHNOLOGY; SOLAR DOMESTIC HOT WATER SYSTEMS; SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR; THERMAL COLLECTORS; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THERMAL YIELD;

COMPUTER CRIME; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST REDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ENERGY HARVESTING; HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; WATER;

REFLECTIVE COATINGS;

ABSORPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LOW TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 77949916338     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2010.02.014     Document Type: Article

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