A critical review of photovoltaic-thermal solar collectors for air heating

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3603-3614

  Kumar, Rakesh ^a   Rosen, Marc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Design; Performance; Photovoltaic; Photovoltaic thermal air heater; Solar energy; Solar thermal collector

Indexed keywords

AIR PREHEATERS; COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; HEATING; HEATING EQUIPMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR RADIATION;

AIR HEATER; AIR HEATING; CRITICAL REVIEW; PER UNIT; PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC-THERMAL AIR HEATER; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; SOLAR PV SYSTEMS; SOLAR THERMAL; SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR; SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEMS; TECHNICAL DESIGN; THERMAL SYSTEMS; THERMAL TECHNOLOGIES;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEATING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LITERATURE REVIEW; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 79959834034     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.04.044     Document Type: Review

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