Experimental investigation of a two-inlet air-based building integrated photovoltaic/thermal (BIPV/T) system

Applied Energy

Volumn 159, Issue , 2015, Pages 70-79

  Yang, Tingting ^a   Athienitis, Andreas K ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air based; BIPV T; Experiment; Solar photovoltaic; Two inlet

Indexed keywords

AIRPORTS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MILITARY BASES; MONOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

AIR TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BIPV/T; BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS; TWO INLETS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; DESIGN; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SILICON; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84941264495     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.08.048     Document Type: Article

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