40kW PV Thermal Roof Mounted Concentrator System

Author

Smeltink, John F H ; Blakers, Andrew W.

Author_Institution

Centre for Sustainable Energy Syst., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT

Volume

1

fYear

2006

fDate

38838

Firstpage

636

Lastpage

639

Abstract

The Australian National University (ANU) has installed a 300m2 Photovoltaic-Thermal (PV-T) concentrator system in a four-story building. The building is provided with eight CHAPS collectors, 6000 liters of hot water storage, hydronic in-slab floor heating, gas fired boosters and a 40kW inverter. A CHAPS collector is a 38X, one axis tracking PV concentrator that is 24 meters long. Heat is removed from the solar cells using a fluid, which is then passed through a heat exchanger to provide heat to an external circuit. The thermal component of the system currently is being commissioned and the PV-T receivers will be installed later. The projected annual generating capacity for the system is 50 MWhr of electricity and 360 GJ of hot water. This paper describes details of the installation, performance of the system and summarizes the lessons learnt.

Keywords

building integrated photovoltaics; heat exchangers; invertors; solar absorber-convertors; solar cells; solar energy concentrators; thermophotovoltaic cells; 24 m; 360 GJ; 40 kW; Australian National University; PV thermal roof mounted concentrator system; combined heat and power solar system collectors; four-story building; gas fired boosters; heat exchanger; hot water storage; hydronic in-slab floor heating; installation; inverter; photovoltaic-thermal concentrator system; solar cells; system performance; Circuits; Floors; Inverters; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Power generation; Solar heating; Solar power generation; Water heating; Water storage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0017-1

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0017-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279535

Filename

4059708