A Study on the Thermal Performance of Air-Type BIPVT Collectors Applied to Demonstration Building

Ji-Suk Yu, Jin-Hee Kim and Jun-Tae Kim
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Ji-Suk Yu: Zero Energy Building Laboratory, Graduate School of Energy Systems Engineering, Kongju National University, Cheonan 31080, Korea
Jin-Hee Kim: Green Energy Technology Research Center, Kongju National University, Cheonan 31080, Korea
Jun-Tae Kim: Department of Architectural Engineering, Kongju National University, Cheonan 31080, Korea

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 16, 1-16

Abstract: Research on existing air-type PVT (photovoltaic/thermal) collectors has mainly focused on improving the efficiency of the collector itself and on using the energy produced by the collector in heating and cooling facilities and building energy. The first consideration in an air-type PVT system applied to a building facade is the collector arrangement and the flow path considering the collector performance. It is necessary to design the flow inside the air-type BIPVT (building integrated photovoltaic/thermal) collector so that it runs smoothly so as not to cause a dead space and a pressure drop inside the collector, which deteriorate the thermal performance. This study analyzed the thermal characteristics of an air-type BIPVT collector applied to a demonstration building (educational buildings) according to the air flow path and inlet opening ratio. For this purpose, the uniformity of the airflow in the collector was compared through the NX computational fluid dynamics (CFD) program, and the acquired thermal calories and thermal efficiency of the BIPVT collector were compared and analyzed. Based on the simulation results, the temperature and thermal characteristics of the BIPVT collector were compared.

Keywords: air-type BIPVT (building integrated photovoltaic/thermal); air flow; CFD (computational fluid dynamics); thermal efficiency; demonstration buildings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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