Experimental Verification of Energy Harvest from Non-Planar Photovoltaic Surfaces Conference Paper

abstract

• Non-planar photovoltaic (PV) surfaces have the potential to increase the total energy harvested from the sun compared to a planar surface of the same two-dimensional footprint. This offers opportunities to increase the electricity generated from a given roof surface. This paper presents a modeling approach to determine the view factor of an arbitrary geometry so that the total incident solar energy can be computed. Experimental measurements confirm the increase in generation and provide insights into the requirements for the balance of system to make most effective use of the non-planar geometry. 2013 IEEE.

name of conference

• 2013 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition

authors

• Balog, Robert

published proceedings

• 2013 IEEE ENERGY CONVERSION CONGRESS AND EXPOSITION (ECCE)

author list (cited authors)

• Zhang, H., & Balog, R. S.

citation count

• 13

complete list of authors

• Zhang, Haiyu||Balog, Robert S

publication date

• September 2013

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• n2329-3721ISSN  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/ecce.2013.6647300

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9781479903351

start page

• 4481

end page

• 4487

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ecce.2013.6647300

user-defined tag

• 7 Affordable and Clean Energy