TY - GEN
T1 - Temperature regulation and thermal energy storage potential of phase change materials layer contained at the back of a building integrated photovoltaic panel
AU - Hassan, Ahmed
AU - Nouman, Hamza
AU - Assi, Ali
AU - Norton, Brian
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) and National Research Foundation (NRF) for its support through seed and NRF funding. They would also like to acknowledge COST Action TU0802: Next generation cost effective phase change materials for increased energy efficiency in renewable energy systems in buildings for providing an invaluable platform to discuss and develop this work.
Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright: CEPT University, Center for Advanced Research in Building Science & Energy, Ahmedabad First Published 2014.All rights reserved.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Photovoltaics (PV) deployed in high solar radiation high ambient temperature climate suffer huge loss in efficiency and degrade faster due to higher panel temperature. In order to overcome the temperature induced loss of power and life, s paraffin wax based solid-liquid phase change material (PCM) integrated at the back of PV is investigated in high temperature climate of UAE. The temperature drop on the PV panels due to inclusion of the PCM is recorded and compared to a reference panels without PCM. The associated voltage gain caused by temperature drop of PV due to PCM also recorded to evaluate the effectiveness of PCM in temperature regulation and electrical performance enhancement of PV. A temperature drop of 12 °C and and associated voltage gain of is observed which shows such systems are effective in even mild weather condition of a hot climate.
AB - Photovoltaics (PV) deployed in high solar radiation high ambient temperature climate suffer huge loss in efficiency and degrade faster due to higher panel temperature. In order to overcome the temperature induced loss of power and life, s paraffin wax based solid-liquid phase change material (PCM) integrated at the back of PV is investigated in high temperature climate of UAE. The temperature drop on the PV panels due to inclusion of the PCM is recorded and compared to a reference panels without PCM. The associated voltage gain caused by temperature drop of PV due to PCM also recorded to evaluate the effectiveness of PCM in temperature regulation and electrical performance enhancement of PV. A temperature drop of 12 °C and and associated voltage gain of is observed which shows such systems are effective in even mild weather condition of a hot climate.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84982832945
T3 - 30th International PLEA Conference: Sustainable Habitat for Developing Societies: Choosing the Way Forward - Proceedings
SP - 139
EP - 145
BT - 30th International PLEA Conference
A2 - Rawal, Rajan
A2 - Manu, Sanyogita
A2 - Khadpekar, Nirmala
PB - CEPT University Press
T2 - 30th International on Passive and Low Energy Architecture Conference - Sustainable Habitat for Developing Societies: Choosing the Way Forward, PLEA 2014
Y2 - 16 December 2014 through 18 December 2014
ER -