A photovoltaic panel coupled with a Phase Changing Material heat storage system in hot climates

PLEA 2008 - Towards Zero Energy Building: 25th PLEA International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Cellura, Maurizio ^a   Ciulla, Giuseppina ^a   Lo Brano, Valerio ^a   Marvuglia, Antonino ^a   Orioli, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy conversion efficiency; Heat storage; Phase change material; PV

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL BONDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONVERSION; FOSSIL FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEAT STORAGE; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ENERGY STORAGE MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HEAT STORAGE SYSTEMS; HOT CLIMATE; MULTI-PHYSICS; NEW DEVICES; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM); PHASE CHANGING MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; PV; PV PANEL; PV SYSTEM; SIMPLE TECHNOLOGY; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS; THERMO-PHYSICAL PARAMETERS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 85067736104     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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