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The influence of PV coverage ratio on thermal and electrical performance of photovoltaic-Trombe wall

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  • Jiang, Bin
  • Ji, Jie
  • Yi, Hua

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This paper presents a novel photovoltaic-Trombe wall (PV-TW). Based on the actual measured weather data in Hefei, a detailed simulation model for PV-TW is presented. The simulation results show that as the coverage ratio increases, the electrical yield and the total efficiency of PV-TW increases, but the indoor temperature and the thermal efficiency of PV-TW decreases. The maximum indoor air temperature difference, corresponding to the lowest and the highest coverage ratio, can reach to 6.8°C above. In addition, as the coverage ratio increases, the electrical efficiency of photovoltaic cell decreases, but the influence of coverage ratio on electrical efficiency is slight, less than 0.5%.

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  • Jiang, Bin & Ji, Jie & Yi, Hua, 2008. "The influence of PV coverage ratio on thermal and electrical performance of photovoltaic-Trombe wall," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 33(11), pages 2491-2498.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:33:y:2008:i:11:p:2491-2498
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.02.001
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