Analysis of a Novel Solar Concentrator for Building Integrated Photovoltaic Application

Kumar, Akshay Kishore; Muhammad-Sukki, Firdaus; Abu-Bakar, Siti Hawa; Bani, Nurul Aini; Mas'ud, Abdullahi Abubakar; Ahmed, Jubaer; Ahmad, Nurfadzilah; Wan-Mohtar, Wan Abd Al Qadr Imad

Abstract

This research work focuses on developing a novel solar concentrator – a rectangular-based rotationally asymmetrical compound parabolic concentrator (RRACPC) design. This design is unique in its rectangular exit aperture, entrance aperture, and half-acceptance angles. Several concentrators of the same design are created with varied geometry, and their geometrical properties are investigated. From the designs, a particular concentrator is selected for further studies. The selected concentrator has a height of 3 cm, a refractive index of 1.49, and an exit aperture of 1.0×1.1 cm. The concentrator has a geometrical concentration gain of 3.6616 and a half-acceptance angle of 45.0368° and 42.5242° in the x- and y-axes, respectively. The annual electrical output is predicted and calculated theoretically and was compared with a conventional photovoltaic (PV) panel. It is observed that the RRACPC-PV reduces the overall cost of the panel by 33% compared to a conventional PV panel.

Citation

Kumar, A. K., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Abu-Bakar, S. H., Bani, N. A., Mas'ud, A. A., Ahmed, J., Ahmad, N., & Wan-Mohtar, W. A. A. Q. I. (2024, July). Analysis of a Novel Solar Concentrator for Building Integrated Photovoltaic Application. Presented at 2024 IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics & Applications (ISIEA), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 2024 IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics & Applications (ISIEA)
• Start Date: Jul 6, 2024
• End Date: Jul 7, 2024
• Acceptance Date: Mar 29, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Aug 2, 2024
• Publication Date: 2024
• Deposit Date: Aug 9, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 12, 2024
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Series ISSN: 2472-7660
• Book Title: 2024 IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics & Applications (ISIEA)
• ISBN: 9798350386875
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/isiea61920.2024.10607353
• Keywords: concentrator , photovoltaic , solar energy , geometrical concentration gain