Open AccessComprehensive assessment of advanced solar facade: thermal, optical and economic assessment
Author(s) -
Ruquan Liang,
Yanyi Sun,
Yupeng Wu,
Robin Wilson
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/556/1/012003
Subject(s) - glazing , facade , optics , thermal , transmittance , thermal transmittance , transparency (behavior) , solar gain , materials science , architectural engineering , solar energy , spectrometer , cadmium telluride photovoltaics , environmental science , mechanical engineering , optoelectronics , engineering physics , computer science , meteorology , engineering , composite material , electrical engineering , physics , structural engineering , computer security , thermal resistance
In order to improve the enegy saving in building, development of glazing system has been widely conducted. CdTe PV window system has the feature of energy generation and adjustment on thermal and visual comfort, in this paper, the thermal performance of a glazing system integrated with semi-transparent CdTe solar cells with different transparency (10% and 50%) under different temperature conditions were investigated by experimental measurement (undertaken in a large climate chamber). The U-value of each PV window has been calculated. Moreover, the spectral transmittance within visible has been measured by spectrometer. This study provided comprehensive fundamental information of different CdTe PV window system for their further investigation on energy and visual comfort.