Energy balance model of combined photovoltaic solar-thermal system incorporating phase change material

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1440-1446

  Malvi, C S ^a   Dixon Hardy, D W ^a   Crook, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Phase change material; Photovoltaic; Simulation; Solar thermal

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BALANCE MODELS; HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; INFRA-RED PARTS; PHASE CHANGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PV PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION; SOLAR SPECTRUM; SOLAR THERMAL; THERMAL PROPERTIES; ULTRA-VIOLET; WATER FLOWS; WATER TEMPERATURES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY BALANCE; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WASTE HEAT;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MELTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79956097074     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.03.027     Document Type: Article

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