A heat pipe photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) hybrid system and its performance evaluation

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3558-3567

  Wu, Shuang Ying ^a   Zhang, Qiao Ling ^a   Xiao, Lan ^a   Guo, Feng Hua ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Exergy efficiency; Heat pipe; Performance evaluation; Photovoltaic thermal (PV T) system; Theoretical analysis; Thermal electrical conversion

Indexed keywords

EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC/THERMAL; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL-ELECTRICAL CONVERSION;

COMPETITION; EXERGY; HEAT LOSSES; HYBRID COMPUTERS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; INLET FLOW; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR ABSORBERS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

HEAT PIPES;

EID: 80755128294     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.09.017     Document Type: Article

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