Experimental validation of an improved concept of building integrated photovoltaic panels

Zogou, Olympia; Stapountzis, H.

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2011.05.034

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“…Additionally, different design of the system must be adapted to different climatic conditions and building orientations. In another study Zogou and Stapountzis [24] stated that, in principle, a steady state free or forced convection coefficient could be estimated by a typical Ra (Gr, Pr) or Nu (Re, Pr) relationship respectively. They investigated experimentally in real insolation conditions the transient thermal behaviour of the basic structural module of a double skin photovoltaic façade.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Some of the literature that studied the natural convection have already been presented in the previous section such as [3,13,15,19,20,24].…”

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“…Reprinted from Renewable Energy, 36/12, O. Zogou and H. Stapountzis, Experimental validation of an improved concept of building integrated photovoltaic panels, pp. 3488e3498, Copyright (2011) with permission from Elsevier[24].…”

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Double skin facades (DSF) and building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV): A review of configurations and heat transfer characteristics

2016

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a b s t r a c tThis article presents the state of the knowledge on the thermal analysis of double skin facades with integrated photovoltaic (PV) panels called the Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) in terms of the published studies carried out on these systems. The idea of integration of the PV panels by replacing building elements, increase the prospects of the renewable energy systems. Taking also into account the need to use more renewable energy systems in buildings, the investigation of the BIPV systems to improve their performance is of a great importance. The literature studies are separated into experimental and theoretical for naturally ventilated systems and mechanically ventilated with external means e.g. fan use. It is concluded that most researchers studied the systems with mechanical ventilation rather than the systems with natural ventilation because the latter are more complex in terms of the air flow behaviour in the air duct. Additionally, various researchers proposed Nu number correlations and convective heat transfer correlation under several assumptions and conditions every time, for different range or Ra number which are presented and compared in this paper.

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“…Some of the literature that studied the natural convection have already been presented in the previous section such as [3,13,15,19,20,24].…”

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Double skin facades (DSF) and building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV): A review of configurations and heat transfer characteristics

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“…The outdoor air was then heated by the UTC and PV panels and used as preheated external air for the HVAC system. Zogou and Stapountzis [56] designed a BIPV/T system that directed outdoor air into the DSF channel under a large area of PV panels and observed the transient thermal behavior of this BIPV/T system on site. Pantic et al [57] analyzed the energy performance of three different types of BIPV/ T systems: (1) a system with PV panels added onto the existing slanting roof, which combined with an air layer to form a DSF; (2) a vertical Trombe wall structure attached to the end of the first BIPV/ T system; and (3) a system in which the existing slanting roof was replaced by PV panels and glass panels added on top of these PV panels, which combined with an air layer to form a DSF.…”

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Solar façades: A review

Lai

Hokoi

2015

Building and Environment

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“…It has been found out that the DC brushless fan is needed for a cooling system depends primarily on the total amount of heat energy required lost from the PV panel. The research work performed by O. Zogou and H. Stapountzis [7] focused on various operation modes of fan cooling system to enhance the performance of a building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) to the Heating Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) system of a building. It was analysed that increasing in fan capacity lead to the overall heat transfer and PV panel cooling effect increased as well.…”

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Temperature Distribution of Three-Dimensional Photovoltaic Panel by Using Finite Element Simulation

Leow

Irwan

Irwanto

et al. 2016

International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology

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The low electricity performance of a photovoltaic (PV) panel has been concerned in the PV application system. The effect of environmental and operating condition was affected the performance of the PV panel. In this research work, the main objective is to perform a three-dimensional geometry model of monocrystalline silicon PV panel with and without cooling system by using finite element method. In the case of a cooling system, the effect of the Direct Current (DC) fan flow rate on the temperature distribution of PV panel was investigated. The electrical behaviour of this PV panel is obtained based on the average temperature of the PV panel obtained and average solar irradiance from site location. According to the experimental results, PV panel with cooling system can be significant to provide better performance than the PV panel without cooling system in the same environmental condition. For the effect of flow rate of DC fan in the PV panel with cooling system, the performance of this PV panel has been improved as increasing in flow rate of DC fan.

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Experimental validation of an improved concept of building integrated photovoltaic panels

Cited by 48 publications

References 18 publications

Double skin facades (DSF) and building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV): A review of configurations and heat transfer characteristics

Double skin facades (DSF) and building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV): A review of configurations and heat transfer characteristics

Solar façades: A review

Temperature Distribution of Three-Dimensional Photovoltaic Panel by Using Finite Element Simulation

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