PHOTOVOLTAIC-THERMAL PASSIVE SYSTEM

摘要

A photovoltaic–thermal device includes a housing unit, a photovoltaic panel, a fluid collector storage, and an absorber plate. The photovoltaic panel is placed within the housing unit and includes a plurality of photoelectric cells configured to generate an electrical output in response to incident electromagnetic radiations. The fluid collector storage is placed within the housing unit and configured to store fluid. The absorber plate is placed within the housing unit between the photovoltaic panel and the fluid collector storage and configured to collect heat by absorbing electromagnetic radiations and to pass the collected heat to the fluid collector. The absorber plate separates the photovoltaic panel from the fluid collector storage.