TY - JOUR
T1 - A review of designs and performance of façade-based building integrated photovoltaic-thermal (BIPVT) systems
AU - Yu, Guoqing
AU - Yang, Hongxing
AU - Yan, Zhenye
AU - Kyeredey Ansah, Mark
N1 - Funding Information:
The research is supported by the funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 71974129 ) and the studentship provided by the Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University .
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Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/1/5
Y1 - 2021/1/5
N2 - A façade-based building integrated photovoltaic-thermal (BIPVT) system combines solar photovoltaics (PV) and solar collectors for integration with building façades to generate electricity and produce thermal energy. As a result, solar energy efficiency can be increased significantly while heating/cooling load of buildings can be reduced. Thus, BIPVT application provide a promising method to significantly reduce building energy consumption for developing low-energy or even zero-energy buildings. This paper presents a review on BIPVT development and focuses on the designs of integrated solar systems with building façades and its influence on electricity generation, thermal performance of PV cells, and energy consumption of buildings for space heating and cooling. Façade-based BIPVT systems are first classified into 7 types: cooling of PV by air, space heating, ventilation, water heating, PV-PCM, BIPVT with heat pump and photovoltaic thermoelectric wall according to the uses of the thermal energy from the claddings. The electrical output, thermal performance and impacts on building's heating/cooling load are then comprehensively reviewed for various typical and novel designs developed globally over the past two decades. The advantages and disadvantages of various designs are discussed. Future research directions are also outlined. The results of this review are useful for researchers and engineers to select appropriate BIPVT designs for renewable energy application in buildings.
AB - A façade-based building integrated photovoltaic-thermal (BIPVT) system combines solar photovoltaics (PV) and solar collectors for integration with building façades to generate electricity and produce thermal energy. As a result, solar energy efficiency can be increased significantly while heating/cooling load of buildings can be reduced. Thus, BIPVT application provide a promising method to significantly reduce building energy consumption for developing low-energy or even zero-energy buildings. This paper presents a review on BIPVT development and focuses on the designs of integrated solar systems with building façades and its influence on electricity generation, thermal performance of PV cells, and energy consumption of buildings for space heating and cooling. Façade-based BIPVT systems are first classified into 7 types: cooling of PV by air, space heating, ventilation, water heating, PV-PCM, BIPVT with heat pump and photovoltaic thermoelectric wall according to the uses of the thermal energy from the claddings. The electrical output, thermal performance and impacts on building's heating/cooling load are then comprehensively reviewed for various typical and novel designs developed globally over the past two decades. The advantages and disadvantages of various designs are discussed. Future research directions are also outlined. The results of this review are useful for researchers and engineers to select appropriate BIPVT designs for renewable energy application in buildings.
KW - BIPVT
KW - Design
KW - Façade
KW - Performance
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U2 - 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.116081
DO - 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.116081
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85091196429
SN - 1359-4311
VL - 182
JO - Applied Thermal Engineering
JF - Applied Thermal Engineering
M1 - 116081
ER -