Thermal performance of semitransparent CdTe BIPV window at temperate climate

Alrashidi, Hameed; Ghosh, Aritra; Issa, Walid; Sellami, Nazmi; Mallick, Tapas K.

doi:10.1016/j.solener.2019.11.084

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“…BIPV windows are one of the most fascinating applications, responsible for maintaining visual comfort between the external world and building interior, modulating available daylight and heat. Crystalline silicon [83,84], amorphous silicon [85][86][87][88], CdTe [89,90], DSSC [91,92] and perovskite [44] are the few materials, which when intensely investigated for BIPV window applications (shown in Figure 2), have found impressive possibilities towards building integration. Concentrator-based BIPV windows are also very attractive for less energy-hungry building integration.…”

Section: Building Integrated and Applied Photovoltaic (Bipv/bapv) Tecmentioning

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Status of BIPV and BAPV System for Less Energy-Hungry Building in India—A Review

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The photovoltaic (PV) system is one of the most promising technologies that generate benevolent electricity. Therefore, fossil fuel-generated electric power plants, that emit an enormous amount of greenhouse gases, can be replaced by the PV power plant. However, due to its lower efficiency than a traditional power plant, and to generate equal amount of power, a large land area is required for the PV power plant. Also, transmission and distribution losses are intricate issues for PV power plants. Therefore, the inclusion of PV into a building is one of the holistic approaches which reduce the necessity for such large land areas. Building-integrated and building attached/applied are the two types where PV can be included in the building. Building applied/attached PV(BAPV) indicates that the PV system is added/attached or applied to a building, whereas, building integrated PV (BIPV) illustrates the concept of replacing the traditional building envelop, such as window, wall, roof by PV. In India, applying PV on a building is growing due to India’s solar mission target for 2022. In 2015, through Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, India targeted to achieve 100 GW PV power of which 40 GW will be acquired from roof-integrated PV by 2022. By the end of December 2019, India achieved 33.7 GW total installed PV power. Also, green/zero energy/and sustainable buildings are gaining significance in India due to rapid urbanization. However, BIPV system is rarely used in India which is likely due to a lack of government support and public awareness. This work reviewed the status of BIPV/BAPV system in India. The BIPV window system can probably be the suitable BIPV product for Indian context to reduce the building’s HVAC load.

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“…The second and third generation PV systems are suitable for BIPV windows application because of the tuneable transparency nature of the PV cells. The second generation a-Si [25], CdTe [26,27] and CIGS have been employed before to investigate as BIPV window. The third generation organic [28], DSSC [29] and Perovskite [30] are also now taking high importance in PV application because of their simple fabrication.…”

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Visual Comfort Analysis of Semi-Transparent Perovskite Based Building Integrated Photovoltaic Window for Hot Desert Climate (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

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Buildings consume considerable amount of energy to maintain comfortable interior. By allowing daylight, visual comfort inside a building is possible which can enhance the occupant’s health, mood and cognitive performance. However, traditional highly transparent windows should be replaced with semitransparent type window to attain a comfortable daylight inside a building. Evaluation of visual comfort includes both daylight glare and colour comfort analysis. Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) type windows are promising systems and can possess a range of semitransparent levels depending on the type of PV used. In this work, the semitransparent Perovskite BIPV windows was investigated by employing daylight glare analysis for an office building located in Riyadh, KSA and three wavelength dependent transmission spectra for colour comfort analysis. The results showed that the transmissions range between 50–70% was optimum for the comfortable daylight for south facing vertical pane BPV-windows. However, excellent colour comfort was attained for the transmission range of 90% which provided glare issues. Colour comfort for 20% transparent Perovskite was compared with contemporary other type of PV which clearly indicated that wavelength dependent transmittance is stronger over single value transmittance.

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“…At the end of 2018, global installed solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity exceeded 500 GW, and an additional 500 GW of PV capacity will be installed by 2022-2023, bringing us into the era of TW-scale PV [20]. Photovoltaic power output largely depends on local climatic conditions and the orientation of PV devices [21][22][23][24][25]. For local climate conditions, the major variables are the incident solar radiation, number of sunshine hours, and ambient temperature.…”

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Soiling Losses: A Barrier for India’s Energy Security Dependency from Photovoltaic Power

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Worldwide photovoltaic power generation is affected by deposited dust on photovoltaic (PV) systems, which creates soiling losses. In this work, factors that have a detrimental influence on dust deposition and an impact on PV systems performance were reviewed. The different ways that dust deposition can be a barrier for India’s energy security plan involving PV were also discussed. Different available cleaning techniques were also introduced. The nature, size, and morphology of dust particles vary with geographical location. Any increase of the PV tilt angle, or high wind speed and heavy rain showers reduce dust deposition. Deposited dust reduces the incident transmitted light on the PV, which has an adverse impact on the reduction of short circuit current. However, the open-circuit voltage has a reduced effect due to dust deposition. The enhancement of temperature caused by dust-covered PVs is still a debatable area. A universal cleaning technique is required to eliminate the soiling losses from PV. India has a solar mission to generate 100 GW of PV power by 2022. However, India’s poor air quality can undermine efforts to achieve this target.

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Thermal performance of semitransparent CdTe BIPV window at temperate climate

Cited by 87 publications

References 37 publications

Status of BIPV and BAPV System for Less Energy-Hungry Building in India—A Review

Status of BIPV and BAPV System for Less Energy-Hungry Building in India—A Review

Visual Comfort Analysis of Semi-Transparent Perovskite Based Building Integrated Photovoltaic Window for Hot Desert Climate (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

Soiling Losses: A Barrier for India’s Energy Security Dependency from Photovoltaic Power

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