The performance of building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) system depends on the geographical location and the incident angle of solar radiation. In this paper, a simple mathematical model has been developed to predict the performance of BIPV modules with and without phase change material (PCM). The effect of transmittance of the BIPV glass cover is studied with respect to incident solar radiation. The performance curves, annual energy and exergy gains are analysed for hot and humid climatic conditions of Kovilpatti (9°10′0′′N, 77°52′0′′E), Tamil Nadu, India. The annual electrical energy gains of the BIPV-PCM for the south orientation is (135 kWh) and the east orientation (110 kWh) obtained the minimum. Similarly, the annual electrical energy of the BIPV-PCM is maximum in the east orientation and minimum in the west orientation. The south orientation BIPV-PCM obtained the maximum energy (190 kWh) and exergy (27.3 kWh). The theoretically calculated results have good agreement with experimental results. Practical application: Integration of photovoltaic modules into the building structure has many benefits and challenges; before integrating into the building structure, the performance and impact of the BIPV module needs to be studied. This study will assist developers and designers to understand the likely performance of the BIPV modules and assess the benefit of integrated phase change materials for application in residential buildings in equatorial climate zones.

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By the plenty usage of diesel fuel in automobiles, it is necessary to switch over to the alternate fuel such as biodiesel. Generally non edible oils are blended with diesel after the esterification process. But here ternary biodiesel blends with diesel fuel produce almost equal drop size when compared with some binary blends with large quantities of diesel. The ternary biodiesel blends give less amount exhaust emission than the binary blends with diesel. In this work, biodiesel is produced from linseed and rubber seed oil by trans-esterification process and then the fuel atomization characteristics have been determined, The sauter mean diameter of atomization is also computed by analytically. The ternary blends having 90% diesel and 5% linseed biodiesel, 5% rubber seed biodiesel and also 80% diesel, 10% linseed biodiesel and 10% rubber seed biodiesel are observed to give comparatively similar atomization characteristics of diesel.