Design, modeling and performance monitoring of a photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) water collector

Solar Energy

Volumn 112, Issue , 2015, Pages 85-99

  Aste, Niccolò ^a   Leonforte, Fabrizio ^a   Del Pero, Claudio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

PV and PVT comparison; PVT water collector; Renewable energy systems; Roll bond solar thermal absorber

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR ABSORBERS;

MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS; PERFORMANCE MONITORING; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PV AND PVT COMPARISON; PVT WATER COLLECTOR; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; RESEARCH EFFORTS; SIMULATION MODEL;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

HEAT TRANSFER; INNOVATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SIMULATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84916908867     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.11.025     Document Type: Article

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