IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jeners/v13y2020i21p5574-d434323.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Heat Generated Using Luminescent Solar Concentrators for Building Energy Applications

Author

Listed:
  • Quinn Daigle

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada)

  • Paul G. O’Brien

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada)

Abstract

Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) are a promising technology for integration and renewable energy generation in buildings because they are inexpensive, lightweight, aesthetically versatile, can concentrate both direct and diffuse light and offer wavelength-selective transparency. LSCs have been extensively investigated for applications involving photovoltaic electricity generation. However, little work has been done to investigate the use of thermal energy generated at the edges of LSCs, despite the potential for harnessing a broad range of solar thermal energy. In this work, Newton’s law of cooling is used to measure the thermal power generated at the edge of LSC modules subjected to solar-simulated radiation. Results show that the dye in single-panel LSC modules can generate 17.9 W/m 2 under solar-simulated radiation with an intensity of 23.95 mW/cm 2 over the spectral region from 360 to 1000 nm. Assuming a mean daily insolation of 5 kWh/m 2 , the dye in the single-panel LSC modules can generate ~100 kWh/m 2 annually. If the surface area of a building is comparable to its floor space, thermal energy generated from LSCs on the buildings surface could be used to substantially reduce the buildings energy consumption.

Suggested Citation

  • Quinn Daigle & Paul G. O’Brien, 2020. "Heat Generated Using Luminescent Solar Concentrators for Building Energy Applications," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(21), pages 1-11, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2020:i:21:p:5574-:d:434323
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/21/5574/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/21/5574/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Rajkumar, Vikram A. & Weijers, Cees & Debije, Michael G., 2015. "Distribution of absorbed heat in luminescent solar concentrator lightguides and effect on temperatures of mounted photovoltaic cells," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 308-315.
    2. Aste, N. & Tagliabue, L.C. & Del Pero, C. & Testa, D. & Fusco, R., 2015. "Performance analysis of a large-area luminescent solar concentrator module," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 330-337.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Jinlong Wang & Ke Gao & Peishu Li & Yan Zhao, 2023. "Research on Low-Carbon, Energy-Saving Sintering Process with Uniform Temperature for Drill Bits," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(17), pages 1-18, August.
    2. Nan Yang & Weixiu Shi & Zihong Zhou, 2023. "Research on Application and International Policy of Renewable Energy in Buildings," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(6), pages 1-25, March.
    3. Sree Harsha Bandaru & Victor Becerra & Sourav Khanna & Jovana Radulovic & David Hutchinson & Rinat Khusainov, 2021. "A Review of Photovoltaic Thermal (PVT) Technology for Residential Applications: Performance Indicators, Progress, and Opportunities," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(13), pages 1-48, June.
    4. Nima Talebzadeh & Paul G. O’Brien, 2021. "Elliptic Array Luminescent Solar Concentrators for Combined Power Generation and Microalgae Growth," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(17), pages 1-20, August.
    5. Sheel Bhadra & Niloy Sen & Akshay K K & Harmeet Singh & Paul G. O’Brien, 2023. "Design and Evaluation of a Water-Based, Semitransparent Photovoltaic Thermal Trombe Wall," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(4), pages 1-15, February.
    6. Stefania Guarino & Pietro Catrini & Alessandro Buscemi & Valerio Lo Brano & Antonio Piacentino, 2021. "Assessing the Energy-Saving Potential of a Dish-Stirling Con-Centrator Integrated Into Energy Plants in the Tertiary Sector," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-23, February.
    7. Xiaohang Shen & Nianping Li & Jiao Lu & Yongga A, 2020. "Heating Performance of Solar Building Integrated Wall under Natural Circulation," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(23), pages 1-22, November.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Xing, Yupeng & Zhang, Kailiang & Zhao, Jinshi & Han, Peide, 2016. "Thermal and electrical performance analysis of silicon vertical multi-junction solar cell under non-uniform illumination," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 90(C), pages 77-82.
    2. Claudio Del Pero & Federico M. Butera & Luigi Piegari & Marco Faifer & Maddalena Buffoli & Paolo Monzani, 2016. "Characterization and Monitoring of a Self-Constructible Photovoltaic-Based Refrigerator," Energies, MDPI, vol. 9(9), pages 1-14, September.
    3. Smith, Duncan E. & Hughes, Michael D. & Borca-Tasciuc, Diana-Andra, 2022. "Towards a standard approach for annual energy production of concentrator-based building-integrated photovoltaics," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 186(C), pages 469-485.
    4. Mikhail Vasiliev & Mohammad Nur-E-Alam & Kamal Alameh, 2019. "Recent Developments in Solar Energy-Harvesting Technologies for Building Integration and Distributed Energy Generation," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(6), pages 1-23, March.
    5. Nithyanandam, K. & Narayan, A. & Pitchumani, R., 2018. "Analysis and design of a radial waveguide concentrator for concentrated solar thermal applications," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 151(C), pages 940-953.
    6. Liu, Haixiang & He, Wei & Liu, Xianghua & Zhu, Jian & Yu, Hancheng & Hu, Zhongting, 2023. "Building integrated concentrating photovoltaic window coupling luminescent solar concentrator and thermotropic material," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 284(C).
    7. Chemisana, D. & Rosell, J.I. & Riverola, A. & Lamnatou, Chr., 2016. "Experimental performance of a Fresnel-transmission PVT concentrator for building-façade integration," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 564-572.
    8. Bognár, Ádám & Kusnadi, Suryadi & Slooff, Lenneke H. & Tzikas, Chris & Loonen, Roel C.G.M. & de Jong, Minne M. & Hensen, Jan L.M. & Debije, Michael G., 2020. "The solar noise barrier project 4: Modeling of full-scale luminescent solar concentrator noise barrier panels," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 151(C), pages 1141-1149.
    9. Vincenzo Muteri & Sonia Longo & Marzia Traverso & Elisabetta Palumbo & Letizia Bua & Maurizio Cellura & Daniele Testa & Francesco Guarino, 2023. "Life Cycle Assessment of Luminescent Solar Concentrators Integrated into a Smart Window," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(4), pages 1-17, February.
    10. Talebzadeh, Nima & Rostami, Mohsen & O’Brien, Paul G., 2021. "Elliptic paraboloid-based solar spectrum splitters for self-powered photobioreactors," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 163(C), pages 1773-1785.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2020:i:21:p:5574-:d:434323. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.