The use of the photovoltaic system in combination with a thermal energy storage for heating and thermoelectric cooling

Skovajsa, Jan; Zálešák, Martin

dc.title	The use of the photovoltaic system in combination with a thermal energy storage for heating and thermoelectric cooling	en
dc.contributor.author	Skovajsa, Jan
dc.contributor.author	Zálešák, Martin
dc.relation.ispartof	Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
dc.identifier.issn	2076-3417 Scopus Sources, Sherpa/RoMEO, JCR
dc.date.issued	2018
utb.relation.volume	8
utb.relation.issue	10
dc.type	article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	MDPI AG
dc.identifier.doi	10.3390/app8101750
dc.relation.uri	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/8/10/1750
dc.subject	PCM	en
dc.subject	Thermoelectric cooling	en
dc.subject	Renewable energy sources	en
dc.subject	Photovoltaic	en
dc.subject	Thermal energy storage	en
dc.description.abstract	The article is focused on the research of the usage of modern accumulation technology. The proposed system is able to improve the thermal comfort of building interiors. That text depicts the technology, which uses a photovoltaics and other renewable energy sources for active heating and cooling. The bases of the presented technology are the phase change material and thermal energy storages. So, it passively improves the thermal capacity of the constructions of the buildings. Moreover, there is a possibility to use it for active heating and cooling. The technology contains thermoelectric assemblies, so, there is a very interesting possibility to store thermal energy with use of renewable energy sources (such as photovoltaic system) and thermoelectric coolers side by side. In the manuscript, there are shown measurements and results of the active operating modes of proposed technology. It was found the technology is able to work in active heating and cooling modes. It works quite well in active heating mode. On the other hand, thermoelectric cooling mode had a problem with overheating. In the end, the problem was solved and the cooling mode works. The measurements and results are described in the text. © 2018 by the authors.	en
utb.faculty	Faculty of Applied Informatics
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10563/1008221
utb.identifier.obdid	43878541
utb.identifier.scopus	2-s2.0-85054064119
utb.identifier.wok	000448653700045
utb.source	j-scopus
dc.date.accessioned	2018-10-18T10:31:45Z
dc.date.available	2018-10-18T10:31:45Z
dc.description.sponsorship	Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic within the National Sustainability Programme [LO1303 (MSMT-7778/2014)]; European Regional Development Fund under the project CEBIA-Tech [CZ.1.05/2.1.00/03.0089]; Internal Grant Agency of Tomas Bata University [IGA/CebiaTech/2018/001]
dc.rights	Attribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights.access	openAccess
utb.ou	CEBIA-Tech
utb.contributor.internalauthor	Skovajsa, Jan
utb.contributor.internalauthor	Zálešák, Martin
utb.fulltext.affiliation	Jan Skovajsa * and Martin Zalesak Faculty of Applied Informatics, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Namesti T.G.Masaryka 5555, 760 01 Zlin, Czech Republic; zalesak@utb.cz * Correspondence: jskovajsa@utb.cz
utb.fulltext.dates	Received: 11 July 2018; Accepted: 25 September 2018; Published: 28 September 2018
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utb.fulltext.sponsorship	This research and APC were funded by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic within the National Sustainability Programme project No. LO1303 (MSMT-7778/2014) and also by the European Regional Development Fund under the project CEBIA-Tech No. CZ.1.05/2.1.00/03.0089 and also by the Internal Grant Agency of Tomas Bata University under the project No. IGA/CebiaTech/2018/001.
utb.scopus.affiliation	Faculty of Applied Informatics, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Namesti T.G.Masaryka 5555, Zlin, 760 01, Czech Republic
utb.fulltext.projects	LO1303 (MSMT-7778/2014)
utb.fulltext.projects	CZ.1.05/2.1.00/03.0089
utb.fulltext.projects	IGA/CebiaTech/2018/001