...Luis M. Candanedo; Andreas Athienitis; Kwang-Wook Park This paper presents an experimental study for the development of convective heat transfer correlations for an open loop air-based building-integrated photovoltaic/thermal (BIPV/T) system. The BIPV/T system absorbs solar energy on the top...

... Software Corp., Haiku, HI. Fanney , A. H. , and Dougherty , B. P. , 2001 , “ Building Integrated Photovoltaic Test Facility ,” ASME J. Sol. Energy Eng. 0199-6231 10.1115/1.1385823 , 123 , pp. 194 – 199 . Fanney , A. H. , Dougherty , B. P. , and Davis , M. W...

... and PV cell temperatures were lower. Efficiencies decreased as cell temperatures increased. Efficiencies observed for every month recorded to date are shown in Table 3 . 27 09 2006 10 10 2007 10 03 2008 building integrated photovoltaics solar heating Here we report one...

...L. Liao; A. K. Athienitis; L. Candanedo; K.-W. Park; Y. Poissant; M. Collins This paper presents a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) study of a building-integrated photovoltaic thermal (BIPV∕T) system, which generates both electricity and thermal energy. The heat transfer in the BIPV∕T system...

... it as an effective SEER 16.5 based on discussions with BSC, an examination of the cooling system components, and published data from the manufacturer. 19 05 2005 08 08 2006 building integrated photovoltaics energy conservation space heating heat recovery ventilation Building America...

...R. Charron; A. K. Athienitis Building integrated photovoltaic (PV) systems that include heat capture are more cost effective than PV systems that generate only electricity. This paper presents a two-dimensional control-volume model for a double-façade with integrated PV. The model may be employed...

...Hongxing Yang; Lin Lu The tilt and azimuth angles of a photovoltaic (PV) array affect the amount of incident solar radiation exposed on the array. This paper develops a new mathematical model for calculating the optimum tilt angles and azimuth angles for building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV...

...Yiping Wang; Wei Tian; Li Zhu; Jianbo Ren; Yonghui Liu; Jinli Zhang; Bing Yuan BIPV (building integrated photovoltaics) has progressed in the past years and become an element to be considered in city planning. BIPV has significant influence on microclimate in urban environments and the performance...

... in Spain, we perform a cost comparison between decentralized and centralized solar cooling options to give some insight into the development requirements and possibilities from both solar cooling options. 20 01 2005 19 07 2005 air conditioning solar power stations building integrated...

...Brian P. Dougherty; A. Hunter Fanney; Mark W. Davis Architects, building designers, and building owners presently lack sufficient resources for thoroughly evaluating the economic impact of building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV). The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST...

... square meter) in Phoenix, AZ. 03 05 2004 23 08 2004 solar power building integrated photovoltaics solar cell arrays distributed power generation roofs energy conservation Photovoltaic Building Energy Low-Slope Roof Offset-Mounted PV Computer Simulations New...

...Lin Lu, Student; H. X. Yang, Associate Professor With the rapid increase in Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) systems and the popularity of photovoltaic (PV) applications, a simple but accurate model to calculate the power output of PV modules is crucial for evaluating systems. In addition...

... September 2003; final revision March 2004. Associate Editor: A. Kribus. 01 September 2003 01 March 2004 19 07 2004 sunlight solar power stations facility location building integrated photovoltaics Negev Desert Solar Radiation Variations of Direct Beam Global Solar...

...T. Agami Reddy, Associate Technical Editor, 04 08 2003 renewable energy sources building integrated photovoltaics solar absorber-convertors commissioning building management systems The Journal of Solar Energy Engineering (JSEE) publishes Technical Papers of permanent...

... 01 March 2003 04 08 2003 building integrated photovoltaics solar cells sunlight atmospheric measuring apparatus power system economics data acquisition An agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, NIST’s mission is to promote U.S. economic growth by working with industry...

... market conditions and solar resource data; design integration and modeling; window technology, daylighting, passive solar heating; solar water heating; solar ventilation air preheating; building-integrated photovoltaics; and solar cooling. The Solar Decathlon competition highlighted ways in which...

... cases in which the beta release of ENERGY-10 version 1.4 was used to evaluate energy efficiency and building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) for two federal building projects: an office and laboratory building at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Laboratory (SAO) in Hilo, Hawaii, and housing for visiting...

...Mark W. Davis; A. Hunter Fanney; Brian P. Dougherty The lack of predictive performance tools creates a barrier to the widespread use of building integrated photovoltaic panels. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has created a building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) test bed...