Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/11013
Title: Building-façade integrated solar thermal collectors: Energy-economic performance and indoor comfort simulation model of a water based prototype for heating, cooling, and DHW production
Authors: Buonomano, Annamaria 
Forzano, Cesare 
Kalogirou, Soteris A. 
Palombo, Adolfo 
Major Field of Science: Engineering and Technology
Field Category: Materials Engineering
Keywords: Building integrated solar thermal systems;Dynamic energy performance analysis;Experimental validation;Low cost materials
Issue Date: Jul-2019
Source: Renewable Energy, 2019, vol. 137, pp. 20-36
Volume: 137
Start page: 20
End page: 36
Journal: Renewable Energy 
Abstract: This paper presents the design and the thermodynamic analysis of a new prototype of flat-plate solar thermal collector, suitable for building integration, using water as working fluid. The main novelty of the proposed solar thermal collector is the use of cheap materials and simple design solutions, taken into account with the aim to reduce the manufacturing and installation costs towards the improvement of the market penetration of this technology in the near-term future. The collector is suitable for domestic hot water production and for space heating and cooling, achieved through the use of adsorption chillers. A suitable dynamic simulation model for the system energy, comfort, economic, and environmental performance assessment is developed by taking into account both active and passive effects related to the building integration of the solar collector. The developed simulation model, implemented in a suitable MatLab computer tool, is experimentally validated; the main results of the validation process are discussed in this paper. Moreover, in order to show the potential of the presented building integrated collector prototype and of the related simulation tool, a suitable case study is developed. It refers to a residential unit of a multi-floor building where the prototype collectors are integrated on the South façade. Simulations are carried out for 2 building envelope weights and 9 different weather zones. Interesting outcomes from the energy, economic, environmental, and comfort point of views are obtained.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/11013
ISSN: 09601481
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2018.01.059
Rights: © Elsevier
Type: Article
Affiliation : University of Naples Federico 
Piazza Università 5 
Cyprus University of Technology 
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed
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