Photovoltaic-Thermal (PV-T) systems for combined cooling, heating and power in buildings: a review
Heating and cooling (H/C) represent the largest share of energy consumption worldwide. Buildings are the main consumers of H/C, while the share of renewable energy for H/C provision still represents a low percentage, 22.0% in 2019. Hybrid photovoltaic-thermal (PV-T) systems are gaining increasing at...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/367588 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/367588 https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15093021 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Solar energy Cooling Heating Solar buildings Hybrid photovoltaic-thermal (PV-T) collector Building energy provision Heating and cooling Heat and power Energia solar Refrigeració Calefacció Edificis solars Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies::Energia solar fotovoltaica |
| Sumario: | Heating and cooling (H/C) represent the largest share of energy consumption worldwide. Buildings are the main consumers of H/C, while the share of renewable energy for H/C provision still represents a low percentage, 22.0% in 2019. Hybrid photovoltaic-thermal (PV-T) systems are gaining increasing attention both in research and in applications, as they generate both electricity and useful heat simultaneously. The relevance and potential of PV-T collectors and their integration into wider systems are evident, but there is still a lack of review articles that address the potential of these systems in building applications in a comprehensive way. This work aims to review the state-of-the-art of PV-T collectors for building applications, as well as the corresponding PV-T systems for solar combined cooling, heating and power (S-CCHP) provision. The novelties of this work involve the comparison of these systems with conventional solar H/C technologies, the review of the market of H/C technologies, a summary of the challenges for the wider integration of S-CCHP systems and proposal lines of work to improve the cost-competitiveness of these systems. The first section summarises the focus and findings of previous reviews, followed by an overview of the current development status of the main types of PV-T collectors. Then, PV-T-based S-CCHP systems are reviewed, and the potential of PV-T systems’ penetration in the built environment is evaluated and discussed |
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