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Energy Saving Evaluation of the Ventilated BIPV Walls

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  • Chi-Ming Lai

    (Research Center for Energy Technology and Strategy, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan/1, University Road, Tainan City 701, Taiwan
    Department of Civil Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan/1, University Road, Tainan City 701, Taiwan)

  • Yi-Pin Lin

    (Department of Interior Design, Tung Fang Design University, Taiwan/110, Dong fang Road, Hunei District, Kaohsiung City 82941, Taiwan)

Abstract

This study integrates photovoltaic (PV) system, building structure, and heat flow mechanism to propose the notion of ventilated Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) walls. The energy-saving potential of the ventilated BIPV walls was investigated via engineering considerations and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. The results show that the heat removal rate and indoor heat gain of the proposed ventilated BIPV walls were dominantly affected by outdoor wind velocity and airflow channel width. Correlations for predicting the heat removal rate and indoor heat gain, the reduction ratio of the indoor heat gain, CO 2 reduction, and induced indoor air exchange are introduced.

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  • Chi-Ming Lai & Yi-Pin Lin, 2011. "Energy Saving Evaluation of the Ventilated BIPV Walls," Energies, MDPI, vol. 4(6), pages 1-12, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:4:y:2011:i:6:p:948-959:d:12752
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