Energy and exergy analysis of a photovoltaic-thermal collector with natural air flow

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Shahsavar, A ^a   Ameri, M ^a   Gholampour, M ^a  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

electrical efficiency; exergy; glass cover; natural convection; photovoltaicthermal solar collector; thermal efficiency

Indexed keywords

AIR CHANNELS; CHANNEL DEPTH; ELECTRICAL EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICAL OUTPUT; ENERGY AND EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; GLASS COVERS; HEAT EXTRACTION; MEASURED DATA; NATURAL AIR; PV CELL EFFICIENCY; PV PANEL; THEORETICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THIN METAL SHEETS; TOTAL ENERGY;

EXERGY; NATURAL CONVECTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SHEET METAL; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84855549393     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4005250     Document Type: Article

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