Assessing active and passive effects of façade building integrated photovoltaics/thermal systems: Dynamic modelling and simulation

Andreas K. Athienitis, Giovanni Barone, Annamaria Buonomano and Adolfo Palombo

Applied Energy, 2018, vol. 209, issue C, 355-382

Abstract: This paper analyses the integration of air open-loop photovoltaic thermal systems on the façade of high-rise buildings, with a special focus on their active and passive effects. The system energy performance and its impact on the building heating and cooling demands and electrical production are assessed through a new dynamic simulation model. The developed numerical model of the proposed system, based on a detailed transient finite difference thermal network, is verified by comparing its outcomes to experimental results. With the aim to carry out whole building energy performance analyses, the model is implemented in a dynamic simulation tool for the building energy performance assessment, called DETECt 2.3, and suitably modified to analyse the main building integration energy issues.

Keywords: Building integrated photovoltaic thermal system; Dynamic simulation modelling; Multi-floor building; Energy performance analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.09.039

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