| Summary: | Sun is an essential energy source for reducing fossil fuel usage and carbon
emissions by substituting the conventional manner of producing energy with a
renewable approach that can meet daily demands of thermal and electrical energies.
This study was intended to give an overview of the photovoltaic-thermal/hybrid solar
technology and its applications, by which, the combination between such technology
and an air-water heat pump. That’s to cover the thermal and electrical energy needs
of a sports center with a swimming pool located in Nablus-Palestine (Mediterranean
climate). Such a combination is then compared technically and economically with a
PV/ heat pump and a PVT-PV/heat pump. It has been found that a combination
between PVT and PV technologies with a heat pump PVT-PV/ HP, can be opted to
cover all thermal and electrical energy necessities, and it can show a good
performance all along the year, as it increases the COP of the heat pump, bringing
more energy savings, and it needs a relatively smaller plant size. Economically,
payback period, NPV, and IRR have been calculated and listed for the proposed
systems.
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