Testing of two different types of photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) modules with heat flow pattern under tropical climatic conditions

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Dubey, Swapnil ^a   Tay, Andrew A O ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Photovoltaic thermal collectors; PV efficiency; Solar energy; Thermal efficiency

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT TRANSFER; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CRYSTALLINE SI SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRICAL EFFICIENCY; ENERGY BALANCE EQUATIONS; MULTICRYSTALLINE SI; NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE; PHOTOVOLTAIC THERMALS; PV EFFICIENCIES; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

HEAT FLOW; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84872048281     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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