In this paper, a study has been carried out to evaluate the energy and exergy performance of a building integrated semitransparent photovoltaic thermal (BISPVT) system integrated to the roof of a room. Comparisons have been carried out on the basis of energy and exergy by considering six...

In this paper, life cycle analysis has been carried out to evaluate overall performance of given rated stand-alone solar photovoltaic (SAPV) in terms of basic energy matrices, life cycle cost analysis, and earned carbon credit. Further, the experimentally calculated actual on-field life cycle...

An analysis is presented for the performance of an inexpensive sand collector for solar energy which has been validated experimentally. The collector consists of a plane network of polythene pipes buried in a sand mass which is kept in a wooden case, the top surface of the sand being fixed by...

This paper presents an analysis for the reduction of the heat flux that occurs by constant flow water in a network of pipes buried in a roof. An air gap is introduced into the roof to achieve maximum thermal load levelling. A periodic solution of the one-dimensional partial differential equation...

In this communication, an experimental study of inverted absorber solar still (IASS) and single slope solar still (SS) at different water depth and total dissolved solid (TDS) is presented. Experiments are conducted for the climatic condition of Muscat, Oman. A thermal model is also developed...

In this paper, a study is carried out to evaluate the annual thermal and exergy performance of a photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) and earth air heat exchanger (EAHE) system, integrated with a greenhouse, located at IIT Delhi, India, for different climatic conditions of Srinagar, Mumbai, Jodhpur, New...

Building integrated photovoltaic thermal (BIPVT) system has the potential to become a major source of renewable energy in the urban environment. In this paper, the system has been used as the roof top of a building to generate higher electrical energy per unit area and to produce necessary...

Renewable energy (RE) resources have enormous potential and can meet the present world energy demand by using the locally available RE resources. One of the most promising RE technologies is photovoltaic (PV) technology. This paper presents a review of the available literature covering the...

The overall electrical efficiency of the photovoltaic (PV) module can be increased by reducing the temperature of the PV module by withdrawing the thermal energy associated with the PV module. In this communication an attempt has been made to develop analytical expression for electrical...

This paper investigates thermal performance of an existing eco-friendly and low embodied energy vault roof passive house (or mud-house) located at Solar Energy Park of IIT Delhi, New Delhi (India). Based on embodied energy analysis, the energy payback time for the mud-house was determined as 18...