Solar photovoltaic/thermal residential systems

Technical Report · Fri Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5599403· OSTI ID:5599403

Russell, M C

The results of a conceptual design study using computer simulations to determine the physical and economic performance of combined photovoltaic/thermal collector heat-pump solar systems for a single-family residence are presented. Economic analyses are based upon projected costs for a 1986 system installation. The results show that PV/T collector systems can be economically competitive for a cold climate residence, that systems employing on-site electrical storage batteries are not economically competitive with utility-interactive systems, and that an ambient-air-source heat-pump system has a lower life-cycle cost than a solar-source heat-pump system.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Lexington, MA (United States). Lincoln Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: EG-77-S-02-4577
• OSTI ID: 5599403
• Report Number(s): COO-4577-9
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SUPPLIES
DESIGN
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SOLAR AIR CONDITIONING
SOLAR SPACE HEATING
SOLAR WATER HEATING
SOLAR AIR CONDITIONERS
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR WATER HEATERS
SOLAR-ASSISTED HEAT PUMPS
AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS
COMBINED COLLECTORS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
COOLING LOAD
COST
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ENERGY STORAGE
HEATING LOAD
INTERCONNECTED POWER SYSTEMS
LIFE-CYCLE COST
PERFORMANCE
SIZE
WATER SOURCE HEAT PUMPS
AIR CONDITIONERS
AIR CONDITIONING
APPLIANCES
BUILDINGS
ECONOMICS
ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
GAS APPLIANCES
HEAT PUMPS
HEATERS
HEATING
HEATING SYSTEMS
POWER SUPPLIES
POWER SYSTEMS
SIMULATION
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING
SPACE HEATING
STORAGE
WATER HEATERS
140901* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Space Heating & Cooling
140907 - Solar Thermal Utilization- Water Heating
140600 - Solar Energy- Photovoltaic Power Systems