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Building-integrated PV modules
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The first installation of building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) was realized in 1991 in Aachen, Germany (Benemann et al., Adv. Sol. Energy 13 (1999) 317) as mentioned in this paper.About:
This article is published in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells.The article was published on 2001-03-01. It has received 156 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Building-integrated photovoltaics & Facade.read more
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A Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) for PV system using Cuckoo Search with partial shading capability
Jubaer Ahmed,Zainal Salam +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) method using Cuckoo Search (CS) method for large and medium-sized PV systems. And the results show that CS is capable of tracking MPP within 100-250 ms under various types of environmental change.
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Improved PV/T solar collectors with heat extraction by forced or natural air circulation
TL;DR: In this paper, a suspended thin flat metallic sheet at the middle or fins at the back wall of an air duct was used as heat transfer augmentations in an air-cooled photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) solar collector to improve its overall performance.
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Air-cooled PV/T solar collectors with low cost performance improvements
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the performance of two low cost heat extraction improvement modifications in the channel of a PV/T air system to achieve higher thermal output and PV cooling so as to keep the electrical efficiency at acceptable level.
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Performance improvement of PV/T solar collectors with natural air flow operation
TL;DR: In this article, a commercial PV module configured as PV/T air solar collector by natural flow is presented, where two low cost modification techniques to enhance heat transfer to air stream in the air channel are studied.
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Recent advancement in BIPV product technologies: A review
TL;DR: In this article, the best in class of the building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) products and their properties along with international guidelines and testing standards are introduced and highlighted.