TY - JOUR
T1 - Techno-economic performance analysis of the smart solar photovoltaic blinds considering the photovoltaic panel type and the solar tracking method
AU - Kang, Hyuna
AU - Hong, Taehoon
AU - Jung, Seunghoon
AU - Lee, Minhyun
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT; Ministry of Science and ICT) (NRF-2018R1A5A1025137).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2019/6/15
Y1 - 2019/6/15
N2 - In urban areas with dense buildings, it is expected that the building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) system, will become widespread. Especially, the solar photovoltaic blinds (SPB), which can block the sunlight coming into the room and produce electricity, is emerging as a new technology trend. To facilitate the installation of the SPB, this study analyzed the techno-economic performance of the smart SPB considering the PV panel type and solar tracking method used. Towards this end, this study conducted experiments using the developed smart SPB, as well as a comparative analysis in terms of the techno-economic aspects based on the experiment results. The analysis results of this study were as follows: at the same cost, (i) the monocrystalline silicon (mono-Si) PV panel generated 350.5% more electricity than the amorphous silicon (a-Si) PV panel; and (ii) the direct solar tracking system generated 12.9% more electricity than the indirect solar tracking method. Accordingly, the mono-Si PV panel and the direct solar tracking method were selected for the optimal smart SPB. The installation of the smart SPB with the proposed optimal design on the south-facing window of buildings can be helpful for raising the electricity self-sufficiency rate of buildings by up to 20.3%.
AB - In urban areas with dense buildings, it is expected that the building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) system, will become widespread. Especially, the solar photovoltaic blinds (SPB), which can block the sunlight coming into the room and produce electricity, is emerging as a new technology trend. To facilitate the installation of the SPB, this study analyzed the techno-economic performance of the smart SPB considering the PV panel type and solar tracking method used. Towards this end, this study conducted experiments using the developed smart SPB, as well as a comparative analysis in terms of the techno-economic aspects based on the experiment results. The analysis results of this study were as follows: at the same cost, (i) the monocrystalline silicon (mono-Si) PV panel generated 350.5% more electricity than the amorphous silicon (a-Si) PV panel; and (ii) the direct solar tracking system generated 12.9% more electricity than the indirect solar tracking method. Accordingly, the mono-Si PV panel and the direct solar tracking method were selected for the optimal smart SPB. The installation of the smart SPB with the proposed optimal design on the south-facing window of buildings can be helpful for raising the electricity self-sufficiency rate of buildings by up to 20.3%.
KW - Feasibility study
KW - Photovoltaic panel type
KW - Solar photovoltaic blind
KW - Solar tracking method
KW - Techno-economic performance analysis
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85063257432
U2 - 10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.03.042
DO - 10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.03.042
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85063257432
SN - 0378-7788
VL - 193
SP - 1
EP - 14
JO - Energy and Buildings
JF - Energy and Buildings
ER -
