Hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) collector, combining photovoltaic cells with a solar thermal collector, can simultaneously convert solar energy into electricity and heat energy. In this paper, a novel photovoltaic/thermal integrated heat pump (PV/T-HP) system was developed, in which the PV/T collector also acted as evaporator of heat pump. Two types of PV/T collectors with conventional coppe...

Chen, Liangliang, Ph.D., Purdue University, December 2013. Semiconductor Nanomaterial Development for Photovoltaic and Thermoelectric Applications. Major Professor: Xiulin Ruan, School of Mechanical Engineering. Today’s world is frequently going through fossil energy shortage and environmental consequences brought by the over-emission of greenhouse gas from burning fossil fuels. Therefore, it i...

Evaluation of the global solar energy potential at chandrapur, latitude 20.06 N and longitude70.3 E was carried out in this work. The amount of incident solar radiation significantlydetermines the electricity produced by Photovoltaic (PV) system . The paper reports a novelmethod to measure the potential of solar electricity generation in chandrapur on the basis ofsolar radiation...

Abstract: As an important component of the smart grid on the user side, a home energy management system is the core of optimal operation for a smart home. In this paper, the energy scheduling problem for a household equipped with photovoltaic devices was investigated. An online energy management algorithm based on event triggering was proposed. The Lyapunov optimization method was adopted to sc...

The objective of this contribution is to present a new numerical approach for a complete design, optimum sizing, cost estimation (capital & $/kWh) and also evaluating the performance of solar photovoltaic/battery/diesel hybrid power systems. The world-wide demand for solar photovoltaic energy systems has grown steadily over the past 15 years. The need for reliable and low cost electric power in...

The recent rapid uptake of residential solar photovoltaic (PV) installations provides many challenges for electricity distribution networks designed for one-way power flow from the distribution company to the residential customer. In particular, for grid-connected installations, intermittent generation as well as large amounts of generation during low load periods can lead to a degradation of p...

This report intends to give an overview over various aspects of distributed generation. Distributed Generation was favoured in the last few years due to the liberalisation process of the electricity infrastructure as well as to the impulse to produce electricity independent of fossil fuels. The number of small decentral installations of e.g. wind turbines, photovoltaic systems or combined-heat-...

Solar energy is the highly recognized energy source, capable of fulfilling the world’s future energy demands. The solar photovoltaic technology involves the unmediated transformation of sunlight into electricity. A little fraction is converted into electricity and the remaining gets exhausted as unused heat. This results in an increase in the operating temperature of the PV Panel. The conversio...