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A new and inexpensive open source data acquisition and controller for solar research: Application to a water-flow glazing

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  • Claros-Marfil, Luis J.
  • Padial, J. Francisco
  • Lauret, Benito

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A water-flow window consists of two glass panes making up a chamber in which a water layer flows in a controlled way. Such windows may be considered as Building-Integrated Solar Thermal (BIST) collectors, and could assist to incorporate renewable energy systems in buildings, improving their energy efficiency, especially when they are properly managed by a control system. Despite the need of an automatic controller for this kind of window and the advantages of microprocessor-based control for solar systems, only differential controllers have been described. A novel controller based on an inexpensive open source microcontroller board has been designed, built, programmed and installed in an experimental prototype water-flow window. The proposed data acquisition and control system, the code sequence steps, a model algorithm, and a comparison between the data collected by the system and a commercial datalogger are presented. The advantages of using an open source board for the proposed control system are analysed and the benefits of using a control system based on a microcontroller are discussed.

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  • Claros-Marfil, Luis J. & Padial, J. Francisco & Lauret, Benito, 2016. "A new and inexpensive open source data acquisition and controller for solar research: Application to a water-flow glazing," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 92(C), pages 450-461.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:92:y:2016:i:c:p:450-461
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.02.037
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    1. López-Vargas, Ascensión & Fuentes, Manuel & Vivar, Marta, 2021. "Current challenges for the advanced mass scale monitoring of Solar Home Systems: A review," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 163(C), pages 2098-2114.
    2. Ulloa, Carlos & Nuñez, José M. & Lin, Chengxian & Rey, Guillermo, 2018. "AHP-based design method of a lightweight, portable and flexible air-based PV-T module for UAV shelter hangars," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 123(C), pages 767-780.
    3. Lyu, Yuanli & Liu, Wenjie & Chow, Tin-tai & Su, Hua & Qi, Xuejun, 2019. "Pipe-work optimization of water flow window," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 139(C), pages 136-146.
    4. Pedro Orgeira-Crespo & Carlos Ulloa & José M. Núñez & José A. Pérez, 2020. "Development of a Transient Model of a Lightweight, Portable and Flexible Air-Based PV-T Module for UAV Shelter Hangars," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-15, June.

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