Estimation of photovoltaic conversion efficiency of a building integrated photovoltaic/thermal (BIPV/T) collector array using an artificial neural network

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3378-3387

  Ghani, F ^a   Duke, M ^a   Carson, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Building integrated; Flow distribution; Photovoltaic; Solar thermal; Thermal

Indexed keywords

BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC; COLLECTOR ARRAYS; COOLANT FLOW DISTRIBUTION; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; FIN EFFICIENCY; FIN WIDTHS; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; FLUID NETWORK; MADE-TO-MEASURE; MASS FLOW RATE; NEW STUDY; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; OPTIMAL CONFIGURATIONS; OPTIMAL DESIGN PARAMETERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; REVERSE FLOW; SOLAR THERMAL; SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR; SYSTEM INSTALLATION; THERMAL; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; TWO-FLUID;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COOLANTS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); INTEGRATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; PARALLEL FLOW;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

ARRAY; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ESTIMATION METHOD; INSTALLATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL METHOD;

EID: 84867037020     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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