Effects of solar photovoltaic panels on roof heat transfer

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2244-2255

  Dominguez, Anthony ^a   Kleissl, Jan ^a   Luvall, Jeffrey C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Building energy use; Cooling load; Photovoltaic; Roof heat flux; Thermal infrared camera

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY; CEILING TEMPERATURES; COOLING LOAD; FLUX MODELING; HEATING LOAD; HUMAN COMFORTS; INSULATING PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PV ARRAYS; SAN DIEGO , CALIFORNIA; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL CONDITION; THERMAL INFRARED CAMERAS; THERMAL INFRARED IMAGERY;

AIR CONDITIONING; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; INFRARED RADIATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; ROOFS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

COOLING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER; PANEL DATA; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; ROOF; SOLAR POWER;

CALIFORNIA; SAN DIEGO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051585787     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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