Stephania Foster
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
Dr Firdaus Muhammad Sukki F.MuhammadSukki@napier.ac.uk
Associate Professor
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 |
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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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