Photovoltaic Warm Facądes with Phase Change Materials in European Climates
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Abstract
Since facąde-integrated photovoltaic (PV) modules heat up greatly, which reduces the efficiency of the PV, facąde panels with PV and phase change materials (PCM) were developed. PCMs absorb a significant amount of thermal energy during the phase transition from solid to liquid, while maintaining a specific melting temperature. This cools down the PV and increases the electrical yield. Numerical studies on PV-PCM warm facądes without rear-ventilation have so far been missing. Therefore, a thermal and an electrical simulation model for PV PCM warm facądes were developed and validated. They were then used to analyse the yield increase of two PCM-types and-quantities in PV warm facądes facing east, south, and west in Athens, Potsdam, and Helsinki. An annual yield increase of 1.2% to 8.5% for monocrystalline PV modules was determined. The maximum monthly yield increase is 8.0% in Helsinki, 11.4% in Potsdam, and 11.3% in Athens. The study shows that a case-specific selection of the appropriate type and quantity of PCM is necessary. Using the models, a design tool for PV-PCM warm facądes will be developed. It will be validated with real monitoring data from PV-PCM facąde test rigs at the Technische Universität Dresden and the National Technical University of Athens.
Details
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 87-100 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Journal of Facade Design and Engineering |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 6 Apr 2021 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
Conference
Title | PowerSKIN Conference 2021 |
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Subtitle | Simplicity vs. Performance |
Duration | 9 April 2021 |
Website | |
Degree of recognition | International event |
Location | online |
City | München |
Country | Germany |
External IDs
Scopus | 85104912070 |
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ORCID | /0000-0001-6924-313X/work/156811567 |
ORCID | /0000-0001-5841-0537/work/156812543 |
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Keywords
- Building-integrated photovoltaics, Efficiency increase, Phase change materials, Thermal simulation, Yield simulation