Photovoltaic/thermal collectors and heat pumps

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6280123

Kern, Jr., E. C.

A simple solar-heating system comprised of an idealized heat pump and photovaltaic/thermal energy collectors is described and its performance characteristics analyzed. The mathematical model expresses the system's heating capacity as a function of insolation, ambient air temperature, and thermal-energy storage temperature. Using a closed-form solution, the system's overall efficiency is presented and compared to the efficiency of a conventional solar-heating system.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Lexington (USA). Lincoln Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: EG-77-S-02-4577
• OSTI ID: 6280123
• Report Number(s): COO-4577-2; CONF-780808-26
• Resource Relation: Conference: Meeting of the American Section of the International Solar Energy Society, Denver, CO, USA, 28 Aug 1978
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
COMBINED COLLECTORS
PERFORMANCE
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR-ASSISTED HEAT PUMPS
EFFICIENCY
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
HEAT STORAGE
HYBRID SYSTEMS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
SOLAR SPACE HEATING
AIR CONDITIONERS
APPLIANCES
ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
ENERGY STORAGE
GAS APPLIANCES
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT PUMPS
HEATING
HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR AIR CONDITIONERS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
SOLAR HEATING
SPACE HEATING
STORAGE
140901* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Space Heating & Cooling
141000 - Solar Collectors & Concentrators
140501 - Solar Energy Conversion- Photovoltaic Conversion