DocumentCode :
2588343
Title :
Simulation and design of a photovoltaic roof for automotive applications
Author :
Fabbri, G. ; Carta, A. ; Boccaletti, C. ; Cardoso, A. J Marques ; Mascioli, F. M Frattale
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Telecomun., Univ. of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
fYear :
2012
fDate :
28-31 May 2012
Firstpage :
1726
Lastpage :
1731
Abstract :
This paper presents a software tool that has been developed to model, investigate and simulate the behavior of a photovoltaic generator to be installed on a generic non-planar surface. The innovative aspect of the tool is the possibility to consider any kind of surfaces, also curved and moving ones. The tool has been developed in the Matlab environment and allows the user to analyze any kind of surface simply starting from a CAD file. The tool is very versatile and can be used to analyze the possibility to exploit various available surfaces in order to produce photovoltaic energy in many different applications. As a practical example, the case of using solar cells on the roof of a car has been considered. Results of the simulations are provided in the paper.
Keywords :
CAD; power engineering computing; solar cells; solar powered vehicles; CAD file; Matlab environment; automotive application; generic nonplanar surface; photovoltaic energy; photovoltaic generator; photovoltaic roof; software tool; Batteries; Generators; Mathematical model; Photovoltaic cells; Semiconductor diodes; Solid modeling; Vehicles; Building Integrated Photovoltaic; Photovoltaic Applications; Sustainable Mobility;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics (ISIE), 2012 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Hangzhou
ISSN :
2163-5137
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0159-6
Electronic_ISBN :
2163-5137
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ISIE.2012.6237351
Filename :
6237351
Link To Document :
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