TY - JOUR
T1 - Technical performance analysis of the smart solar photovoltaic blinds based on the solar tracking methods considering the climate factors
AU - Kang, Hyuna
AU - Hong, Taehoon
AU - Lee, Minhyun
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (MSIT; Ministry of Science and ICT) ( NRF-2018R1A2A1A19020868 ).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2019/5/1
Y1 - 2019/5/1
N2 - To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, many countries have decided to build nearly-zero-energy buildings (nZEBs) with renewable energy sources. Among the various products that can be applied to buildings to produce clean energy, the demand for the solar photovoltaic blinds (SPB), an emerging technology for building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) system applications that can simultaneously block the incoming sunlight and generate electricity, is increasing. Thus, to maximize the technical performance of SPB (the solar radiation reaching the PV panel), it is important to develop a method that can accurately track the sun's position considering the various climate factors. Therefore, this study aims to conduct a technical performance analysis of SPB based on the solar tracking method considering the climate factors. Towards this end, this study conducted an experiment in South Korea using the prototype model of smart SPB. The results demonstrate that the technical performance of smart SPB can be improved up to 24.8% by using the optimal solar tracking method considering the climate factors. This study can help in further developing a hybrid solar tracking method for maximizing the technical performance of smart SPB considering the climate factors.
AB - To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, many countries have decided to build nearly-zero-energy buildings (nZEBs) with renewable energy sources. Among the various products that can be applied to buildings to produce clean energy, the demand for the solar photovoltaic blinds (SPB), an emerging technology for building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) system applications that can simultaneously block the incoming sunlight and generate electricity, is increasing. Thus, to maximize the technical performance of SPB (the solar radiation reaching the PV panel), it is important to develop a method that can accurately track the sun's position considering the various climate factors. Therefore, this study aims to conduct a technical performance analysis of SPB based on the solar tracking method considering the climate factors. Towards this end, this study conducted an experiment in South Korea using the prototype model of smart SPB. The results demonstrate that the technical performance of smart SPB can be improved up to 24.8% by using the optimal solar tracking method considering the climate factors. This study can help in further developing a hybrid solar tracking method for maximizing the technical performance of smart SPB considering the climate factors.
KW - Climate factor
KW - Correlation analysis
KW - Solar photovoltaic blind
KW - Solar tracking method
KW - Technical performance
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U2 - 10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.02.013
DO - 10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.02.013
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85062158056
SN - 0378-7788
VL - 190
SP - 34
EP - 48
JO - Energy and Buildings
JF - Energy and Buildings
ER -
