D3.7 Strategies for connecting the heat generation system with high electrical performance PVTs integrated to a heat pump

The present deliverable was prepared in the context of Task 3.4 “Engineering, installation strategies and prototyping for thermal storage system integration with novel PVT configuration”. Specifically, D3.7 focuses on the installation strategies for the heat generation system composed of high electrical performance unglazed liquid-based photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) collectors integrated with a heat pump (HP). This PVT-HP generation system produces thermal energy that is used in the MiniStor system andthe building; while the electricity produced by the PVT collectors is used in the HP of the PVT-HP system, the MiniStor system as well as in the building. The installation strategies include the general integration and location strategies, the strategies for installing the PVT solar field using the new developed unglazed PVT collector, the strategies for installing the heat pump selected for the PVT-HP system, safety considerations and PVT-HP base control installation strategy. These strategies are based on the design process performed for the solar PVT-HP system, as well as feedback from the implementation performed in the corresponding demonstration site of Santiago de Compostela (USC).