S. Foster
Performance Evaluation of the RACPC for BIPV System under Diffuse Radiation
Foster, S.; Muhammad-Sukki, F.; Ramirez-Iniguez, R.; Freier, D.; Deciga-Gusi, J.; Abu-Bakar, S.H.; Bani, N.A.; Munir, A.B.; Abubakar Mas�ud, A.; Ardila-Rey, J.A.
Authors
Dr Firdaus Muhammad Sukki F.MuhammadSukki@napier.ac.uk
Lecturer
R. Ramirez-Iniguez
D. Freier
J. Deciga-Gusi
S.H. Abu-Bakar
N.A. Bani
A.B. Munir
A. Abubakar Mas�ud
J.A. Ardila-Rey
Abstract
In the last four decades there has been a significant increase of 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 photovoltaics (CPV). 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 analyzed 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.
Presentation Conference Type | Conference Paper (unpublished) |
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Conference Name | 5th International Conference on Energy and Environment 2019 (ICEE2019) |
Start Date | Jul 10, 2019 |
End Date | Jul 11, 2019 |
Deposit Date | Apr 4, 2021 |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2758889 |
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