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http://dx.doi.org/10.7836/kses.2015.35.4.057

Analysis of Temperature and Power Generation Characteristics of Bifacial BIPV System Applied into Curtain Wall  

Kang, Jun-Gu (Dept. of Architecture, Graduate School, Kongju National University)
Kim, Yong-Jae (Dept. of Architecture, Graduate School, Kongju National University)
Kim, Jun-Tae (Dept. of Architectural Eng., Kongju National University)
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Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society / v.35, no.4, 2015 , pp. 57-66 More about this Journal
Abstract
BIPV system not only produces electricity at building, but also acts as a material for building envelope. Thus, it can increase the economical efficiency of PV system by saving the cost for building materials. Bifacial solar cell can convert solar energy to electrical energy from both sides of the cell. In addition, it is designed as 3 busbar layout which is the same with ordinary mono-facial solar cells. Therefore, many of the module manufacturers can easily use the bifacial solar cells without changing their manufacturing equipments. Moreover, bifacial PV system has much potential in building application by utilizing glass-to-glass structure of PV module. However, the electrical generation of the bifacial PV module depends on the characteristics of the building surface which faces the module, as well as outdoor environment. Therefore, in order to apply the bifacial PV module to building envelope as BIPV system, its power generation characteristics are carefully evaluated. For this purpose this study focused on the electrical performance of the bifacial BIPV system through the comparative outdoor experiments. As a result, the power generation performance of the bifacial BIPV system was improved by up to 21% compared to that of the monofacial BIPV system. Therefore, it is claimed that the bifacial BIPV system can replace the conventional BIPV system to improve the PV power generation in buildings.
Keywords
Building Integrated Photovoltaic; Bifacial Solar Cell; Monofacial Solar Cell; Curtain Wall; Outdoor Test;
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