Field thermal performance of naturally ventilated solar roof with PCM heat sink

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2504-2514

  KoŚny, Jan ^a   Biswas, Kaushik ^b   Miller, William ^b   Kriner, Scott ^c  

^a Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Metal Construction Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Building energy; Building integrated PV; Metal roofs; Phase change material; Thermal insulation

Indexed keywords

AIR CAVITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ASPHALT SHINGLES; BUILDING ENERGY; BUILDING-INTEGRATED PV; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COOLING LOAD; ENERGY RESEARCH CENTERS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM); PHOTOVOLTAIC; REFLECTIVE SURFACES; RESEARCH TEAMS; ROOF DECKS; ROOF PANELS; SOLAR HEAT; SOLAR ROOF; THERMAL BRIDGING; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

BUILDINGS; HEAT SINKS; INTEGRATION; MIXED CONVECTION; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THERMAL INSULATION;

ROOFS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ASPHALT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEATING; INSTALLATION; INSULATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VENTILATION;

TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865582153     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.05.020     Document Type: Article

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