DocumentCode
1934770
Title
Experimental verification of energy harvest from non-planar photovoltaic surfaces
Author
Haiyu Zhang ; Balog, Robert S.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
15-19 Sept. 2013
Firstpage
4481
Lastpage
4487
Abstract
Non-planar photovoltaic (PV) surfaces have the potential to increase the total energy harvested from the sun compared to a planar surface of the same two-dimensional footprint. This offers opportunities to increase the electricity generated from a given roof surface. This paper presents a modeling approach to determine the view factor of an arbitrary geometry so that the total incident solar energy can be computed. Experimental measurements confirm the increase in generation and provide insights into the requirements for the balance of system to make most effective use of the non-planar geometry.
Keywords
building integrated photovoltaics; energy harvesting; PV surface; electricity generation; energy harvesting; nonplanar photovoltaic surface; roof surface; solar energy; two-dimensional footprint; Data acquisition; Geometry; Silicon; Solar energy; Sun; Surface treatment; Vectors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location
Denver, CO
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECCE.2013.6647300
Filename
6647300
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