...Habeeb Alasadi; Jun-Ki Choi; Rydge B. Mulford Photovoltaic (PV) modules on building rooftops provide shade from summer heating, leading to a reduction in cooling load during hot seasons. However, PV shading also reduces passive solar heating during winter months, leading to an increase...

...Xiao Wenbo; Jin Xing; Wu Huaming; Huang Le The effects of wind speed (F) and angle (θ) on the photovoltaic (PV) cells’ (monocrystalline silicon and triple-junction GaAs solar cells) temperature (T) and output characteristics (the short-circuit current (I sc ), the open-circuit voltage (V oc...

...Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan; Preeti Singh; S. Leoponraj; Sourav Khanna; Mohanraj Chandran Maintaining the temperature of the photovoltaic (PV) panel within the described standard helps in achieving higher power conversion efficiency. To regulate the PV temperature, phase change material (PCM...

...Tamer Khatib; Rezeq Direya; Asmaa Said This paper provides an improved method for predicting the I–V curve of the photovoltaic module using a hybrid machine learning system. The proposed method is based on a random forest algorithm and a cascade forward neural network. A random forest algorithm...

... photovoltaic power generation systems. Anywhere on the Earth, solar irradiance generally fluctuates during the day but depends on atmospheric conditions. Thus, when a photovoltaic power generation system is connected to a conventional electricity network, predicting near-future global solar irradiance...

...Nasrin Abdollahi; Masoud Rahimi This paper presents an experimental investigation on a hybrid solar system, including a water-based photovoltaic (PV) solar module and a phase change material (PCM)-based cooling tower, for cooling of the module. Elimination of heat from the PV module was performed...

...M. Salem Ahmed; A. S. A. Mohamed; Hussein M. Maghrabie Solar electric power generation utilizing photovoltaic (PV) modules is associated with low electrical efficiency that substantially decreases as its surface temperature exceeds an appropriate limit, particularly in hot climate regions...

... , A. , and Ferard , Y. , 2011 , “ Combining Solar Photovoltaic Panels and Food Crops for Optimising Land Use: Towards New Agrivoltaic Schemes ,” Renewable Energy , 36 ( 10 ), pp. 2725 – 2732 . 10.1016/j.renene.2011.03.005 [17] Dinesh, H. , and Pearce , J. M. , 2016 , “ The Potential of Agrivoltaic...

... models to forecast the hourly solar irradiance with a day in advance using artificial neural network techniques have been developed and analyzed. The forecast irradiance is the one incident on the plane of the modules array of a photovoltaic plant. Pure statistical (ST) models that use only local...

... environmental damage as a result of emissions, such as the carbon oxide and nitrous oxide compounds. process heat solar thermal power photovoltaic parabolic trough collector The heating process of melting margarine requires a vast amount of thermal energy due to its high melting point...

... quickly that it tracks MPP under the harshest environmental conditions by incorporating a flexible switching in a Boost dc/dc converter, which connects the photovoltaic (PV) panel to the load. The usage of a flexible switching control increases the dynamic response of MPPT and the efficiency of tracking...

... and 2003/30/EC ,” available at http://www.energy.eu/directives/pro-re.pdf , last accessed April 2010 . [2] International Energy Agency , 2009 , “ Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme ,” Annual Report 2009, available at http://www.iea-pvps.org/ . [3] International Energy Agency , 2010...

...Todd P. Otanicar; Ihtesham Chowdhury; Ravi Prasher; Patrick E. Phelan Two methods often proposed for harnessing renewable energy, photovoltaics and solar thermal, both utilize the power of the sun. Each of these systems independently presents unique engineering challenges but when coupled together...

...A. Ganguly; S. Ghosh In this paper, the performance analysis of a floriculture greenhouse having a fan-pad ventilation system is presented. The greenhouse is powered by integrated solar photovoltaic–electrolyser–fuel cell system. Electrical energy is generated in an array of roof mounted solar...

.... , 2007 , Photovoltaic for Professionals , 1st ed. , Solarpraxis AG , Berlin . Tracstar. Should You Install a Solar Tracker? 2007, Available at http://www.helmholz.us/smallpowersystems/Intro.pdf , accessed in Feb. 2010 . Mousazadeh , H. , Keyhani , A. , Javadi , A. , Mobli , H...

...Dan Dye; Byard Wood; Lewis Fraas; Jeanette Kretschmer A nonimaging (NI) device and infrared-photovoltaic (IR-PV) array for use in a full-spectrum solar energy system has been designed, built, and tested ( Dye et al., 2003, “Optical Design of an Infrared Non-Imaging Device for a Full-Spectrum Solar...

...William A. Miller; Ed Brown; Rita Jo Livezey A photovoltaic (PV) distributed energy resource (DER) was established to support the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Green Power Switch program, which allows utility customers to purchase blocks of electricity generated by solar resources. The PV DER...