An insight into real-time performance assessment of a building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) installation in Bangalore (India)

Aaditya, Gayathri and Pillai, Rohit and Mani, Monto (2013) An insight into real-time performance assessment of a building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) installation in Bangalore (India). In: ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, 17 (5). pp. 431-437.

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Abstract

Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) applications are gaining widespread popularity. The performance of any given BIPV system is dependent on prevalent meteorological factors, site conditions and system characteristics. Investigations pertaining to the performance assessment of photovoltaic (PV) systems are generally confined to either controlled environment-chambers or computer-based simulation studies. Such investigations fall short of providing a realistic insight into how a PV system actually performs real-time. Solar radiation and the PV cell temperature are amongst the most crucial parameters affecting PV output. The current paper deals with the real-time performance assessment of a recently commissioned 5.25 kW, BIPV system installed at the Center for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. The overall average system efficiency was found to be 6% for the period May 2011-April 2012. This paper provides a critical appraisal of PV system performance based on ground realities, particularly characteristic to tropical (moderate) regions such as Bangalore, India. (C) 2013 International Energy Initiative. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Additional Information:	copyright for this article belongs to ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Keywords:	BIPV performance; Tropical climate; System efficiency; Capture losses; Performance ratio
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Centre for Sustainable Technologies (formerly ASTRA)
Date Deposited:	13 Nov 2013 10:52
Last Modified:	13 Nov 2013 10:52
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/47746

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