Presently, among the various technologies for solar energy utilization, photovoltaic/thermal-
solar assisted heat pump system can be identified as an important area of research. The …

This paper presents a comprehensive review on developments and advances of Solar
Assisted Heat Pump technology reported in 21st century. Combination of thermal and …

A novel photovoltaic solar assisted heat pump (PV-SAHP) system has been proposed in this
study. Performance tests with a range of condenser supply water temperature were …

A practical design for a heat pump with heat-pipe photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) collectors is
presented. The hybrid system is called the photovoltaic solar-assisted heat-pump/heat-pipe …

A novel heat pump system is proposed in that the PV/T collector is coupled with a solar
assisted heat pump and works as an evaporator. The cooling effect of the refrigerant allows …

This work investigates a solar combined heat and power systems based on hybrid
photovoltaic-thermal heat pump systems for the simultaneous provision of space heating …

Solar-assisted heat pumps (SAHPs) with photovoltaic-thermal technologies are promising
systems for efficiently converting solar energy into useful thermal energy. In this paper, the …

Photovoltaic (PV) technology can be categorized as a mature technology but its
performance with its elevating temperature has a negative effect and opens a new area of …

This paper reports the energy and exergy performance of a photovoltaic/thermal solar-
assisted heat pump system (PV/T-SAHPS) with different solar radiation levels. From the heat …

Direct expansion solar assisted heat pump systems (DX-SAHP) have been widely used in
many applications including water heating. In the DX-SAHP systems the solar collector and …