dc.contributor.author | Chen, Yuxiang | |
dc.contributor.author | Athienitis, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Galal, Khaled | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-06T08:49:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-03-06T08:49:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-11 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Chen, Y, Athienitis, A., and Khaled Galal. "Modeling, design and thermal performance of a BIPV/T system thermally coupled with a ventilated concrete slab in a low energy solar house: part 1, BIPV/T system." Journal of Solar Energy, Elsevie. 84, no. 11 (2010): 1892-1907. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0038-092X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11073/8199 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper is the first of two papers that describe the modeling, design, and performance assessment based on monitored data of a building-integrated photovoltaic-thermal (BIPV/T) system thermally coupled with a ventilated concrete slab (VCS) in a prefabricated, two-storey detached, low energy solar house. This house, with a design goal of near net-zero annual energy consumption, was constructed in 2007 in Eastman, Québec, Canada – a cold climate area. Several novel solar technologies are integrated into the house and with passive solar design to reach this goal. An air-based open-loop BIPV/T system produces electricity and collects heat simultaneously. Building-integrated thermal mass is utilized both in passive and active forms. Distributed thermal mass in the direct gain area and relatively large south facing triple-glazed windows (about 9% of floor area) are employed to collect and store passive solar gains. An active thermal energy storage system (TES) stores part of the collected thermal energy from the BIPV/T system, thus reducing the energy consumption of the house ground source heat pump heating system. This paper focuses on the BIPV/T system and the integrated energy concept of the house. Monitored data indicate that the BIPV/T system has a typical efficiency of about 20% for thermal energy collection, and the annual space heating energy consumption of the house is about 5% of the national average. A thermal model of the BIPV/T system suitable for preliminary design and control of the airflow is developed and verified with monitored data. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.relation.uri | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038092X10002240 | en_US |
dc.subject | Net-zero energy solar house | en_US |
dc.subject | Building-integrated photovoltaic-thermal system | en_US |
dc.subject | Passive solar heating | en_US |
dc.subject | Active solar heating | en_US |
dc.subject | Thermal modeling | en_US |
dc.title | Modeling, design and thermal performance of a BIPV/T system thermally coupled with a ventilated concrete slab in a low energy solar house: Part 1, BIPV/T system and house energy concept | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.solener.2010.06.013 | |