Building-façade integrated solar thermal collectors: Energy-economic performance and indoor comfort simulation model of a water based prototype for heating, cooling, and DHW production

A. Buonomano, C. Forzano, S.A. Kalogirou and A. Palombo

Renewable Energy, 2019, vol. 137, issue C, 20-36

Abstract: This paper presents the design and the thermodynamic analysis of a new prototype of flat-plate solar thermal collector, suitable for building integration, using water as working fluid. The main novelty of the proposed solar thermal collector is the use of cheap materials and simple design solutions, taken into account with the aim to reduce the manufacturing and installation costs towards the improvement of the market penetration of this technology in the near-term future. The collector is suitable for domestic hot water production and for space heating and cooling, achieved through the use of adsorption chillers. A suitable dynamic simulation model for the system energy, comfort, economic, and environmental performance assessment is developed by taking into account both active and passive effects related to the building integration of the solar collector.

Keywords: Building integrated solar thermal systems; Dynamic energy performance analysis; Experimental validation; Low cost materials (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2018.01.059

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