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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 32, 2018
EENVIRO 2017 Workshop - Advances in Heat and Transfer in Built Environment
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Article Number | 01020 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20183201020 | |
Published online | 21 February 2018 |
Wind tunnel study of natural ventilation of building integrated photovoltaics double skin façade
“Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iaşi, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services, Romania
* Corresponding author: chereches@tuiasi.ro
The paper presents a wind tunnel experimental analysis of a small-scale building model (1:30). The objective of the study is to determine the wind influence on the ventilation of a double skin façade channel (DSF) and the cooling effect over integrated photovoltaic panels. The tests were achieved by conceiving and implementation of an experimental program using a wind tunnel with atmospheric boundary layer. The effect of the wind over the ventilation of the horizontal channels of double skin façades is evaluated for different incident velocities. The results are generalized for the average steady state values of the velocities analysed. The experimental results put in evidence the correlation between the reference wind velocity and the dynamics of the air movement inside the double skin façade. These values are used to determine the convective heat transfer and the cooling effect of the air streams inside the channel upon the integrated photovoltaic panels. The decrease of the photovoltaic panels temperature determines a raise of 11% in efficiency and power generated.
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