Can a PV double-glazing ventilated curtain wall reduce cold-heat offset?
Properly increasing channel thickness and photovoltaic coverage optimizes design. To address the problems of PV facade overheating and air-conditioning cold-heat offset, this study proposed a novel PV double-glazing ventilated curtain wall system (PV-DVF) that combined PV cooling and dew-point air reheating.
How does a photovoltaic curtain wall work?
A photovoltaic curtain wall coupled with an air-conditioning system is designed. Curtain wall cooling and supply air reheating are achieved using heat recovery. System performance is evaluated, taking an office in hot-humid summer as a case. The system increases power output by 1.07% and achieves 27.51% energy savings.
Does a curtain wall reduce heat gain from solar radiation?
It can be found that the heat gain through the curtain wall decreases from 394.95 W under 0.1 PV coverage ratio to −144.03 W under 0.9 PV coverage ratio. The increased PV coverage ratio means that a larger area of PV cells is covered with the glazing, thus considerably reducing the heat gain from solar radiation.
Can a curtain wall convert sunlight into electricity?
A curtain wall combining the PV technology can convert sunlight into electricity and become an architectural solar power supply system. However, a shortcoming of the current PV curtain walls with common double-glazed PV modules is the poor thermal insulation performance due to high solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) and U-Value.
How does a curtain wall affect the cooling and reheat load?
Accordingly, the heat transmission through the curtain wall increases from 73.27 W to 79.01 W, significantly impacted by the reduced interior glazing temperature. The result implies more heat can be removed from the space by the curtain wall, thus decreasing the cooling and reheat loads.
How do curtain wall cooling and supply air reheating work?
Curtain wall cooling and supply air reheating are achieved using heat recovery. System performance is evaluated, taking an office in hot-humid summer as a case. The system increases power output by 1.07% and achieves 27.51% energy savings. Properly increasing channel thickness and photovoltaic coverage optimizes design.
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the louver to take away the heat of the photovoltaic cells. Close the heating channel, open the heat dissipation channel of the outer glass, use the chimney effect to take away the heat in the curtain wall channel, reduce the temperature in the curtain wall channel, and then realize the heat insulation function.
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However, a shortcoming of the current PV curtain wall with common double-glazed PV modules lies in the poor thermal insulation performance due to the high solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) and U-Value [11]. BIPV modules can still have a thermal conductivity of 1.1 W/m K, even when inert gas filled up the gap within a double-glazing unit [12].
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The findings indicated a maximum electrical efficiency, thermal efficiency, and total efficiency of 11.86%, 60.66%, and 68.44%, respectively. Tang et al. [9] proposed a unique single-entry and double-entry PV curtain wall system to enhance heat dissipation in PV applications, providing valuable insights for promoting building-integrated PV.
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experimental study on the mechanical ventilation of the air layer in the PV curtain wall. It was found that when the aspect ratio of the air layer was 0.11, the component overheating (the difference between the actual heat dissipation and the theoretical heat dissipation) was minimized, when the mechanical ventilation speed is 6 m/s, the ...
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