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Thermo-Economic Study of Hybrid Photovoltaic-Thermal (PVT) Solar Collectors Combined with Borehole Thermal Energy Storage Systems

Aldubyan, Mohammad Hasan
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7528-7374
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1493243575479443

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2017, Master of Science (M.S.), University of Dayton, Renewable and Clean Energy.
Photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) technology is a relatively new technology that comprises a photovoltaic (PV) panel coupled with a thermal collector to convert solar radiation into electricity and thermal energy simultaneously. Since cell temperature affects the electrical performance of PV panels, coupling a thermal collector with a PV panel contributes to extracting the heat from the latter to improve its performance. In order to ensure a sufficient temperature difference between the PV cells and the working fluid temperature entering the thermal collector, the circulated water has to reject the heat that has been removed from the PV cells into a relatively colder environment. Borehole thermal energy storage (BTES), which is located underground, often serves as this relatively colder environment due to the stability of underground temperatures, which are usually lower than the working cell temperature. Use of BTES is especially beneficial in summer, when the degradation in cells efficiency is highest. In this thesis, the electrical, thermal, and economic performances of a PVT system are evaluated for three types of buildings -- residential, small office, and secondary school -- in two different climates in the United States, one of which is hot and the other is cold. For each case, two different scenarios are considered. In the first, a PVT system is coupled with BTES, and a ground-coupled heat pump (GCHP) is in use. In the second, a PVT system is coupled with BTES and no GCHP is in use. Each scenarios’ GCHP performance is assessed as well. Both the PVT collectors and GCHP performances are evaluated over short and long-term to study the effect of continued ground heat imbalance on both technologies.
Andrew Chiasson, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Youssef Raffoul, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Robert Gilbert, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
130 p.
Energy; Engineering; Mechanical Engineering
Photovoltaic; Thermal; PVT; PV; thermal collector; Geothermal; Ground loop; GCHP; GHX; BTES; solar; energy; renewable energy; building; cell temperature; cell efficiency; thermo; economic; borehole; storage; TRNSYS; simulation

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  • Aldubyan, M. H. (2017). Thermo-Economic Study of Hybrid Photovoltaic-Thermal (PVT) Solar Collectors Combined with Borehole Thermal Energy Storage Systems [Master's thesis, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1493243575479443

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Aldubyan, Mohammad. Thermo-Economic Study of Hybrid Photovoltaic-Thermal (PVT) Solar Collectors Combined with Borehole Thermal Energy Storage Systems. 2017. University of Dayton, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1493243575479443.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Aldubyan, Mohammad. "Thermo-Economic Study of Hybrid Photovoltaic-Thermal (PVT) Solar Collectors Combined with Borehole Thermal Energy Storage Systems." Master's thesis, University of Dayton, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1493243575479443

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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