PV-Hybrid and Thermo-Electric-Collectors

Flat-plate PV-Thermal collectors and systems: A review

“…In Germany, the manufacturers Zenith, Solarwerk [62,282] and Solarwatt developed prototype PVT collectors during the 1990 s, but unfortunately this did not lead to commercial available collectors. Solarwatt PVT collectors were planned to be installed in a demonstration project at the Malteser Krankenhaus, but instead of the PVT, it was decided to use conventional collectors.…”

Performance and Techno-economic Analysis of a Hybrid Photovoltaic/thermal System for Building Application in Turkey

“…In 1992, with the political recognition of global warming and climate change, efforts in the PV/T collectors have accelerated again. Especially in Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands, many projects were realized between 1990-2000 (Zondag et al 2003;Leenders et al 2000;Bakker et al 2002;Bakker et al 2004;Rockendorf et al 1999;Hausler and Rogass 2000;Soerensen 2001). In the following years, many countries such as Japan, India, Israel, Brazil, Taiwan, Cyprus and the USA have been working in the field of PV/T (Tripanagnostopoulos et al 2002;Tselepis and Tripanagnostopoulos 2002;Kalogirou 2001;Bergene and Løvvik 1995;Meir et al 2002;Sandnes and Rekstad 2002;Hayakashi et al 1989;Fujisawa and Tani 1997;Ito et al 1999;Huang et al 1999;Huang et al 2001;Garg and Agarwal 1995;Thomas et al 2000;Krauter et al 1999;Krauter et al 2001).…”