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Assessment of the RACPC performance under diffuse radiation for use in BIPV system.

Foster, Stephania; Muhammad-Sukki, Firdaus; Ramirez-Iniguez, Roberto; Raine, Daria Freier; Deciga-Gusi, Jose; Abu-Bakar, Siti Hawa; Bani, Nurul Aini; Munir, Abu Bakar; Mas�ud, Abdullahi Abubakar; Ardila-Rey, Jorge Alfredo

Authors

Stephania Foster

Roberto Ramirez-Iniguez

Daria Freier Raine

Jose Deciga-Gusi

Siti Hawa Abu-Bakar

Nurul Aini Bani

Abu Bakar Munir

Abdullahi Abubakar Mas�ud

Jorge Alfredo Ardila-Rey



Abstract

In the last four decades there has been a significant increase in solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity, which makes solar one of the most promising renewable energy sources. Following this trend, solar power would become the world’s largest source of electricity by 2050. Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) systems, in which conventional materials can be replaced with PV panels that become an integral part of the building, can be enhanced with concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) systems. In order to increase the cost efficiency of a BIPV system, an optical concentrator can be used to replace expensive PV material with a lower cost option, whilst increasing the electrical output through the concentration of solar power. A concentrator called rotationally asymmetrical compound parabolic concentrator (RACPC) was analysed in this work under diffuse light conditions. Software simulations and experimental work were carried out to determine the optical concentration gain of the concentrator. Results from this work show that, under diffuse light, the RACPC has an optical concentration gain of 2.12. The experimental work showed a value of 2.20, which confirms the results with only a 3.8% difference.

Citation

Foster, S., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Ramirez-Iniguez, R., Raine, D. F., Deciga-Gusi, J., Abu-Bakar, S. H., Bani, N. A., Munir, A. B., Mas’ud, A. A., & Ardila-Rey, J. A. (2020). Assessment of the RACPC performance under diffuse radiation for use in BIPV system. Applied Sciences, 10(10), Article 3552. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10103552

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 19, 2020
Online Publication Date May 21, 2020
Publication Date 2020-05
Deposit Date Nov 16, 2020
Publicly Available Date Nov 17, 2020
Journal Applied Sciences
Electronic ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher MDPI
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 10
Issue 10
Article Number 3552
DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/app10103552
Keywords Solar photovoltaic, Building integrated photovoltaic systems, Rotationally asymmetrical compound parabolic concentrator, Diffuse radiation
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2701642

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