Vehicle‐Integrated Photovoltaics Irradiation Modeling Using Aerial‐Based LIDAR Data and Validation with Trip Measurements

Sovetkin, Evgenii; Noll, Jonas; Patel, Neel; Gerber, Andreas; Pieters, Bart E.

doi:10.1002/solr.202200593

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“…This subject is the most crucial advantage of integrated solar vehicle systems compared to fixed parking lots equipped with solar cells [16][17][18][19]. However, due to being in a fixed position, solar parking lots can quickly receive the highest amount of incoming radiation using tracking systems [20][21][22][23]. While this is somewhat difficult in vehicles due to movement, in the present work, various solutions will be presented to increase the efficiency of these types of systems by examining the factors affecting the efficiency of these types of systems [24].…”

Section: A Review Of Vehicle-integrated Photovoltaicmentioning

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Investigation of Effective Factors on Vehicles Integrated Photovoltaic (VIPV) Performance: A Review

Samadi

Ala

Brano

et al. 2023

WEVJ

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Integrating photovoltaic technology has undergone significant development in recent years, owing to its manifold advantages. One of the most recent domains where this technology has found application is within the transportation sector. The utilization of this technology possesses the potential to initiate a new revolution in transportation by enhancing the range and reducing fuel consumption in vehicles. The performance of these systems is influenced by numerous factors, which have been thoroughly examined in this study. These factors have been categorized into three broad groups: installation site, solar cell characteristics, and environmental conditions. It is important to note that these conditions are inherently interdependent, so this study reveals that the radiation incident on the roof of a van can be 1.09–3.85 times greater than the radiation incident on its sides, according to varying meteorological conditions and different seasons. The current research serves as a valuable foundation for future investigations in this field, offering a targeted and practical overview of the work conducted thus far and summarizing the current state of research.

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Investigation of Effective Factors on Vehicles Integrated Photovoltaic (VIPV) Performance: A Review

Samadi

Ala

Brano

et al. 2023

WEVJ

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“…The drive cycles used for EV energy consumption are derived from data from measurement campaigns described in [13] and [14]. These campaigns took place in 2021 around Germany's Jülich and Hannover regions.…”

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“…Measurement data from the Jülich campaign mentioned in [14] is open source and available for download at [30].…”

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Impact of additional PV weight on the energy consumption of electric vehicles with onboard PV

Patel¹,

Bittkau²,

Pieters³

et al. 2023

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<p>Photovoltaics (PV) in onboard vehicle applications adds weight to an electric vehicle (EV), increasing the overall energy consumption. Although the added PV system weight (1.5– 40 kg) is small compared to the vehicle weight (1500–2200 kg), the power generated by PV (55–700 W) is also very small com- pared to the power needed (up to 80–285 kW) to propel an EV, making the effect of additional PV system weight on energy con- sumption a non-trivial topic to analyze. We present a method to study the impact of vehicle onboard PV weight on the energy balance of EVs for different Vehicle-added PV (VAPV) and vehi- cle-integrated PV (VIPV) configurations with eight different PV technologies, using data from vehicle onboard measurement campaigns and simulations. Simulations are carried out for the driving phase of two electric cars (medium and large passenger cars). Our method calculates the energy consumption attributa- ble to the added PV system weight (0.05–1.4 Wh/km) and PV energy yield (0.12–3.12 Wh/km) for a selection of trips. The re- sults of these simulations are expressed through a newly intro- duced parameter called “onboard PV yield factor”, where posi- tive values indicate a net energy gain and negative values indicate a net energy loss of the onboard PV system. Our results show that the onboard PV yield factor for a VAPV configuration can range between -69.1 and 86.9 %, and for a VIPV configuration, between 77.2 and 89.7 %.</p>

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