Photovoltaic-Thermal panels are an excellent collector source for a NIBE heat pump. The installation of a PV-T array can be utilised as a direct alternative or supplement to a traditional borehole or surface collector.
This new, innovative, approach transforms a NIBE "Ground" source heat pump product into a "Multi-source" heat pump product.
PV-T panels are equipped with PV cells at the front that convert sunlight into electricity. The rear consists of a thermal heat exchanger that extracts energy from the ambient air that is heated under the panels by daylight and sunlight. The operation of the heat exchanger is therefore comparable to that of an air/water heat pump, without the requirement of a mechanical fan. A PVT system therefore works 100% silently!
Even on cloudy days and at night – without direct heating of sunlight and even at temperatures below freezing, the heat exchanger provides sufficient heat supply for the heat pump. In warmer months the heat extracted by the collector helps cool the PV aperture surface, improving generation efficiency.
The NIBE PV-T collector is an alternative, innovative, heat source for use with NIBE ground source heat pumps, removing the requirement of a ground or bore hole collector array . The PV-T collectors produce electrical energy that can be used to operate a ground source heat pump.
Totally silent air collector for NIBE multi-source heat pumps
Unique, elegant, all-black panels with double production of energy, thermal, and electricity
The ideal solution as an alternative or supplement to a borehole or surface collector system
Circulating brine helps cool the PVT panel, increasing PV generation efficiency
Improved PV generation for efficiency
Height (mm)
1055
Width (mm)
1791
Depth (mm)
65
Net weight (kg)
27
This new, innovative, approach transforms a NIBE "Ground" source heat pump product into a "Multi-source" heat pump product.