A photovoltaic thermal panel for heat-pump homes

• Dutch business Triple Solar has actually released a photovoltaic thermal solar panel for property structures which can be attached to a salt water or water heatpump. The maker claims the heater based upon the panel is an excellent option to much less reliable air as well as water heatpump and also extra pricey geothermal systems. The grid-connected PV system can export excess power under web metering programs.

Netherlands-based Triple Solar BV has actually introduced a photovoltaic thermal (PVT) module for usage in roof projects on homes geared up with salt water and also water heatpump.

" Electricity and also warm supplied by the PVT system will certainly be made use of for powering the warm and also the home pump," claimed Mark Hoff, market supervisor for Triple Solar. He informed pv magazine any type of excess power produced could be exported to the grid-- in return for repayments in regions with internet metering regimens.

The PVT heatpump tool prices EUR1,000 per mounted panel and also a 16m ² installment can drive financial savings of around EUR2,000 annually, stated Hoff, that included it was a different to much less reliable air as well as water heatpump and also even more pricey geothermal systems.

The panels can be made use of in public or specific property installments in mix with salt water and also water heatpump with a reduced permitted resource temperature level of at the very least -12 levels Celsius and also pumps furnished with energetic air conditioning.

The specification

For a heatpump with a capability of 6 kW, a minimum of 6 components covering 16m ² would certainly be needed. The panels can be connected utilizing flexible ports given by Triple Solar and also optimum positioning for PV feature would certainly be southern dealing with at an angle of 30-45 levels, according to the firm. "For the thermal feature as a salt water resource the positioning is much less delicate," Hoff claimed. "The top quality certification reveals [the] very same outcomes for a huge alignment home window in between eastern as well as west."

The tubes in between panels and also heatpump can be mounted on the roofing system without insulation regarding the roof covering flange. Inside your home, the tubes needs to be set up with vapor-sealed insulation. The piping ought to be protected past the roofing system flange to stop leak of condensation water, Triple Solar's Hoff included.

The panel is offered in 2 monocrystalline PV module styles given by Slovenian maker Bisol: the M2 380 200 module, with a reported power result of 380 Wp, as well as the M2 315 165 L panel, with 315 Wp. The previous procedure 1,985 by 995 by 65cm and also consider 32kg as well as the last 1,668 by 995 by 65cm as well as 27 kg.

Hoff included, the items are licensed to European Solar Keymark criterion by the Institute for Building Energetics, Thermotechnology and also Energy Storage at the University of Stuttgart and also the Din Certco consistency companion of German screening institute TÜV Rheinland.