Yanyi Sun
Integrated CdTe PV glazing into windows: energy and daylight performance for different window-to-wall ratio
Sun, Yanyi; Shanks, Katie; Baig, Hasan; Zhang, Wei; Hao, Xia; Li, Yongxue; He, Bo; Wilson, Robin; Liu, Hao; Sundaram, Senthilarasu; Zhang, Jingquan; Xie, Lingzhi; Mallic, Tapas; Wu, Yupeng
Authors
Katie Shanks
Hasan Baig
Wei Zhang
Xia Hao
Yongxue Li
Bo He
Robin Wilson
Hao Liu
Prof Senthil Sundaram S.Sundaram@napier.ac.uk
Visiting Professor
Jingquan Zhang
Lingzhi Xie
Tapas Mallic
Yupeng Wu
Abstract
When integrated photovoltaics into building windows, the solar cells will absorb a fraction of solar radiation that hit on the window surface to generate electrical power and thus obstruct the solar energy and natural daylight that would have penetrated into inside space. In this paper, a window system integrated with thin film CdTe solar cells with 10% transparency was electrically characterised by Sandia model. The annual energy performance of a typical office with this PV window applied to different façade design was investigated using EnergyPlus under five typical climatic conditions in China. The dynamic daylight performance of the office has been assessed using RADIANCE. The result shows that when compared to a conventional double glazed system, the application of PV window can result in significant energy saving potential if the office has a relative large window-to-wall ratio (i.e. WWR≥45%). The simulation results also show that this PV window offers better daylight performance than conventional double-glazing.
Citation
Sun, Y., Shanks, K., Baig, H., Zhang, W., Hao, X., Li, Y., He, B., Wilson, R., Liu, H., Sundaram, S., Zhang, J., Xie, L., Mallic, T., & Wu, Y. (2019). Integrated CdTe PV glazing into windows: energy and daylight performance for different window-to-wall ratio. Energy Procedia, 158, 3014-3019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2019.01.976
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Conference Name | 10th International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE2018) |
Online Publication Date | Mar 15, 2019 |
Publication Date | 2019-02 |
Deposit Date | Mar 13, 2023 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 16, 2023 |
Print ISSN | 1876-6102 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 158 |
Pages | 3014-3019 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2019.01.976 |
Keywords | Semi-transparent Solar Cell, Building Simulation, EnergyPlus, RADIANCE |
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