Development of high efficiency hybrid PV-thermal modules

Author

Staebler, David L. ; Urli, Natko B. ; Kiss, Zoltan J.

Author_Institution

Terrasolar, Brooklyn, NY, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

19-24 May 2002

Firstpage

1660

Lastpage

1663

Abstract

A hybrid system is described that combines the features of two solar technologies-photovoltaic conversion to electricity (PV), and thermal conversion to heat (T)-into a single high efficiency PV/T module for integrated building solar energy systems. The technical approach uses TerraSolar´s low cost a-Si thin film solar cell modules, based on EPV technology, integrating them into hybrid flat plate PV/T modules. Initial measurements are described that demonstrates the concept of a hybrid system that uses a transparent PV module to replace the cover glass in a glazed thermal collector.

Keywords

amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; photovoltaic power systems; semiconductor thin films; silicon; solar absorber-convertors; solar cell arrays; 117.25 W; 18.6 percent; 32.5 percent; EPV technology; Si; TerraSolar; glazed thermal collector; high efficiency hybrid PV-thermal modules; hybrid flat plate PV/T modules; integrated building solar energy systems; low cost a-Si thin film solar cell modules; photovoltaic conversion; thermal conversion; transparent PV module; Aluminum; Amorphous silicon; Building integrated photovoltaics; Costs; Glass; Photovoltaic systems; Temperature; Testing; Thermal conductivity; Transistors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2002. Conference Record of the Twenty-Ninth IEEE

ISSN

1060-8371

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7471-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.2002.1190936

Filename

1190936