Super Slim: the Thinnest Solar Thermal Panel Ever

摘要

Solar panels have become a common way to produce thermal energy from a free renewable energy source such as the sun. Together with their increasing diffusion, it has also increased the need to satisfy aesthetic requirements, imposed by architectural and landscape constraints. In order to satisfy this demand, the design of the panel has been optimized taking into account the fundamental heat transfer equations related to the panel operation. By a careful modeling and a subsequent realization of a physical model, it has been possible to realize an extremely thin thermal panel, only 43 mm thick, while maintaining high efficiency.