TY - GEN
T1 - 40kW PV thermal roof mounted concentrator system
AU - Smeltink, John F.H.
AU - Blakers, Andrew W.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The Australian National University (ANU) has installed a 300m2 Photovoltaic-Thermal (PV-T) concentrator system in a four-story building. The building is provided with eight CHAPS collectors, 6000 liters of hot water storage, hydronic in-slab floor heating, gas fired boosters and a 40kW inverter. A CHAPS collector is a 38X, one axis tracking PV concentrator that is 24 meters long. Heat is removed from the solar cells using a fluid, which is then passed through a heat exchanger to provide heat to an external circuit. The thermal component of the system currently is being commissioned and the PV-T receivers will be installed later. The projected annual generating capacity for the system is 50 MWhr of electricity and 360 GJ of hot water. This paper describes details of the installation, performance of the system and summarizes the lessons learnt.
AB - The Australian National University (ANU) has installed a 300m2 Photovoltaic-Thermal (PV-T) concentrator system in a four-story building. The building is provided with eight CHAPS collectors, 6000 liters of hot water storage, hydronic in-slab floor heating, gas fired boosters and a 40kW inverter. A CHAPS collector is a 38X, one axis tracking PV concentrator that is 24 meters long. Heat is removed from the solar cells using a fluid, which is then passed through a heat exchanger to provide heat to an external circuit. The thermal component of the system currently is being commissioned and the PV-T receivers will be installed later. The projected annual generating capacity for the system is 50 MWhr of electricity and 360 GJ of hot water. This paper describes details of the installation, performance of the system and summarizes the lessons learnt.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=41749117274&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279535
DO - 10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279535
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 1424400163
SN - 9781424400164
T3 - Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC-4
SP - 636
EP - 639
BT - Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC-4
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC-4
Y2 - 7 May 2006 through 12 May 2006
ER -