Assessing and Optimizing Free Space Luminescent Solar Concentrators for Urban Façade Installation

Shweta Pal; Rebecca Saive

doi:10.1109/PVSC48317.2022.9938733

Assessing and Optimizing Free Space Luminescent Solar Concentrators for Urban Façade Installation

Shweta Pal
, Rebecca Saive

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Abstract

Net-zero energy buildings (NZEBs) for urban settings require novel building-integrated photovoltaic systems, to enable optimal use of available land. Free-space luminescent solar concentrators (FSLSCs) can concentrate incoming irradiance into a smaller cone, such that, when optimally positioned around a bifacial module, can enhance photovoltaic output. In this work, we assess and optimize an FSLSC façade for enhancing the yield of a bifacial module-based fence. Using a reverse ray-tracing based algorithm, we calculated the short-circuit current density, the total power per unit area and the module current mismatch induced by the FSLSC façade, Our calculations show a relative power per unit area enhancement of 36%and 111% by an optimized FSLSC façade, as compared to a white-painted diffuse and an ideal black façade, respectively.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, PVSC 2022
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	134-136
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728161174
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC48317.2022.9938733
Publication status	Published - 14 Nov 2022
Event	49th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, PVSC 2022 - Philadelphia, PA, USA, Philadelphia, United States Duration: 5 Jun 2022 → 10 Jun 2022 Conference number: 49

Publication series

Name	Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
Volume	2022-June
ISSN (Print)	0160-8371

Conference

Conference	49th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, PVSC 2022
Abbreviated title	PVSC 2022
Country/Territory	United States
City	Philadelphia
Period	5/06/22 → 10/06/22

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

Albedo
Bifacial solar cells
BIPV
Building integrated photovoltaics
Exotic reflectors
Free-space luminescent solar concentrator
Luminescent solar concentrator
Mismatch
Net-zero energy buildings
Reverse ray-tracing
Yield modeling
2023 OA procedure

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Pal, S & Saive, R 2022, Assessing and Optimizing Free Space Luminescent Solar Concentrators for Urban Façade Installation. in 2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, PVSC 2022. Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, vol. 2022-June, IEEE, pp. 134-136, 49th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, PVSC 2022, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 5/06/22. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC48317.2022.9938733

Assessing and Optimizing Free Space Luminescent Solar Concentrators for Urban Façade Installation. / Pal, Shweta; Saive, Rebecca.
2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, PVSC 2022. IEEE, 2022. p. 134-136 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference; Vol. 2022-June).

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Assessing and Optimizing Free Space Luminescent Solar Concentrators for Urban Façade Installation

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