Studies on cost effectiveness of hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) air heating collector

摘要

In the present investigation, the authors have presented a techno-economic analysis of a single hybrid PV/T air heating collector. Various energy balance equations have been developed for evaluating the useful thermal and electrical energy gain. The economic analysis takes in to account the capital costs, maintenance costs, operating costs, useful life of the system, interest rate etc. Numerical calculations have been made to optimize different design parameters for a given system and climatic parameters. The study is limited to cost effectiveness studies on single glass cover photovoltaic/thermal air heating collector, which supplies hot air and electricity directly.