Design and performance evaluation of building integrated photovoltaic/thermal (BIPVT) air collector

Author

Huan-Liang Tsai ; Chieh-Yen Hsu ; Fu-Sheng Hsieh ; Yu-Hsuan Chiang

Author_Institution

Da-Yeh Univ., Chang-Hua, Taiwan

fYear

2013

fDate

16-21 June 2013

Firstpage

1492

Lastpage

1494

Abstract

This paper addresses the design and performance evaluation of a novel building integrated photovoltaic/thermal (BIPVT) air collector that is augmented with a fin-type heat sink. The system performance is evaluated through a experimental measurement. Laminated with a fin heat sink, the BIPVT modules are designed for both solar electricity and thermal air collector that offer heat and power consumption of heat pump for space/water heating applications. This makes air stream effectively extract the recovered heat as thermal reuse and PV efficiency consequently enhanced with waste heat removal. The result of BIPVT air collector performance evaluation reveals that the efficiency can achieves up to 56%.

Keywords

building integrated photovoltaics; heat pumps; heat sinks; space heating; building integrated photovoltaic; fin heat sink; fin-type heat sink; heat pump; power consumption; solar electricity collector; space/water heating; thermal air collector; waste heat removal; Heat sinks; Heat transfer; Photovoltaic systems; Resistance heating; Solar heating; Water heating; building integrated photovoltaic/thermal (BIPVT); fin heat sink; solar air collector;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2013 IEEE 39th

Conference_Location

Tampa, FL

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744428

Filename

6744428