Effect of using two pcms on the thermal regulation performance of bipv systems

29th ISES Biennial Solar World Congress 2009, ISES 2009

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 388-396

  Huang, Ming Jun ^a   Hewitt, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING-INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAICS; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; METAL MASS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM); PHASE CHANGE TEMPERATURE; PHASE TRANSIENT; PHOTOVOLTAICS; REALISTIC CONDITIONS; THERMAL CONTROL; THERMAL REGULATION;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODES; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

THERMAL VARIABLES CONTROL;

EID: 84873869229     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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