Solar-assisted heat pump

Hybrid photovoltaic-thermal solar panels of a SAHP in an experimental installation at Department of Energy at Polytechnic of Milan

A solar-assisted heat pump (SAHP) is a machine that combines a heat pump and thermal solar panels and/or PV solar panels in a single integrated system.[1] Typically these two technologies are used separately (or only placing them in parallel) to produce hot water.[2] In this system the solar thermal panel performs the function of the low temperature heat source and the heat produced is used to feed the heat pump's evaporator.[3] The goal of this system is to get high COP and then produce energy in a more efficient and less expensive way.

It is possible to use any type of solar thermal panel (sheet and tubes, roll-bond, heat pipe, thermal plates) or hybrid (mono/polycrystalline, thin film) in combination with the heat pump. The use of a hybrid panel is preferable because it allows covering a part of the electricity demand of the heat pump and reduce the power consumption and consequently the variable costs of the system.

  1. ^ Sezen, Kutbay; Gungor, Afsin (2023-01-01). "Comparison of solar assisted heat pump systems for heating residences: A review". Solar Energy. 249: 424–445. doi:10.1016/j.solener.2022.11.051. ISSN 0038-092X. Photovoltaic-thermal direct expansion solar assisted heat pump (PV/T-DX-SAHP) system enables to benefit the waste heat for evaporation of refrigerant in PV/T collector-evaporator, while providing better cooling for PV cells (Yao et al., 2020).
  2. ^ "Solar-assisted heat pumps". Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Pompe di calore elio-assistite" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

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