Maximising the energy output of a PVT air system

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1857-1871

  Bambrook, S M ^a   Sproul, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Number of transfer units; Photovoltaic thermal; PVT air system; PVT collector; Whole of system

Indexed keywords

AIR SYSTEMS; NUMBER OF TRANSFER UNITS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PVT COLLECTOR; WHOLE OF SYSTEM;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLOW RATE; MASS TRANSFER;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

AIR MASS; AIRFLOW; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; THERMAL POWER;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 84860570211     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.02.038     Document Type: Article

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