Optimizing limited solar roof access by exergy analysis of solar thermal, photovoltaic, and hybrid photovoltaic thermal systems
M.J.M. Pathak,
P.G. Sanders and
Joshua Pearce
Applied Energy, 2014, vol. 120, issue C, 115-124
Abstract:
An exergy analysis was performed to compare a conventional (1) two panel photovoltaic solar thermal hybrid (PVT x2) system, (2) side by side photovoltaic and thermal (PV+T) system, (3) two module photovoltaic (PV) system and (4) a two panel solar thermal (T x2) system with identical absorber areas to determine the superior technical solar energy systems for applications with a limited roof area. Three locations, Detroit, Denver and Phoenix, were simulated due to their differences in average monthly temperature and solar flux. The exergy analysis results show that PVT systems outperform the PV+T systems by 69% for all the locations, produce between 6.5% and 8.4% more exergy when matched against the purely PV systems and created 4 times as much exergy as the pure solar thermal system. The results clearly show that PVT systems, which are able to utilize all of the thermal and electrical energy generated, are superior in exergy performance to either PV+T or PV only systems. These results are discussed and future work is outlined to further geographically optimize PVT systems.
Keywords: Exergy; PVT; Solar energy; Solar thermal; Photovoltaic; Photovoltaic thermal hybrid (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.01.041
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