Possibility of developing Solar Collector Flat Plate Photovoltaic for IronBug

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Hey @MingboPeng

I hope you are pretty well.

Many thanks for adding the Electric Load Center components in IronBug, they’ve been extremely helpful. I was wondering if it might be possible to develop a Flat Plate Photovoltaic/Thermal (PVT) collector component in IronBug. This would enable assessment of co-generation of heat and power from the same surface.

I’ve attached an OSM example below for reference.

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solar_collector_flat_plate_photovoltaicthermal.osm (429.6 KB)

Thanks a myriad for your support and assistance.

Sincerely,
Behnam
Maynooth, Ireland

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Hi @behnammmohseni thank for sharing the sample file. I just had a look, and it should be pretty straight forward to add. I will try to work on this weekend.

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Hey @MingboPeng

That’s fantastic, thanks a million for your support and help.

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Hi @behnammmohseni,

It turns out it is taking longer than I thought, but here is sample for you that you can use with the newest version of Ironbug released today (Nov 17th).
PVT.gh (81.1 KB)

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Please let me know if it works as expected.
Best,
Mingbo

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Hey @MingboPeng

Fantastic, thanks very much.

I do not know why the thermal side of the PVT is not working; the Generator Produced Thermal Energy and the Inlet and Outlet Temperature of the PVT is fixed at 60, and the fluid mass flow rate of the PVT is 0.

Thanks a myriad for your time and support.

Sincerely,
Behnam