The experimental investigation of building-integrated photovoltaic thermal (BIPVT) solar systems is essential to characterise the operation these elements under real conditions use according climate and building type they pertain. BIPVT can increase ensure energy performance readiness without jeopardising occupant comfort if correctly operated. present work presents a case study’s analysis comp...

As part of sustainable architecture principles and practices, designers need to define building's architectural requirements based on climatic conditions, environmental preservation and reduction in energy consumption. The natural energy sources such as solar radiation affect thermal and lighting performances of buildings depending on its facade characteristics. Traditionally, buildings thermal...

Abstract The present article provides an overview about photovoltaic/thermal systems categorised by the temperature of working fluid: Low-temperature (lower than 60 °C), medium-temperature (between 60 and 90 °C) high-temperature (higher 90 °C). Concerning photovoltaic/thermal-air for low-temperature use, majority studies involve building-integrated non-concentrating with phase change materials ...

Photovoltaic power generation is a growing renewable primary energy source, expected to assume a major role as we strive toward fossil fuel free energy production. However, the photovoltaic efficiencies limit the conversion of solar radiation into useful power output. Hybrid systems extend the functionality of concentrating photovoltaics (CPV) from simply generating electricity, to providing si...

This paper presents the BuildSysPro Modelica library developed by the department of Energy in Buildings and Territories (EnerBaT) of EDF R&D. After a description of the library’s structure and content, BESTEST validation results and a use case are presented. This library is designed to be used in several contexts including building physics research, global performance evaluation, technology dev...

With the increasing installed capacity of desalination, the greenhouse gas emission for generating the required energy to power the desalination plants is also becoming the focus of attention in the world community. Domestic reverse osmosis membranes have been very successful technology especially in the developing world to provide safe drinking water. The novel concept of photovoltaic powered ...

this paper proposes a new configuration for solar energy conversion systems. one challenging issue of the photovoltaic (pv) systems is partial shading, and in this paper module integrated converters (mic) are used to overcome this problem in pv arrays. a few boost converters are employed as mics to mitigate the shading effect. furthermore, to reduce the cost and to increase the system performan...

Thermal mass is the material's ability to store heat and release it after an amount of time and concrete is considered one of the best thermal mass material. Since concrete has been used widely in many building constructions, by considering the capability of concrete in terms of thermal mass, it is worthwhile to use this ability of concrete in order to build buildings more healthy and comfortab...