Performance analysis of the Northumberland building photovoltaic facade

Author

Pearsall, N.M. ; Wilshaw, A.R.

Author_Institution

Photovoltaics Appl. Centre, Univ. of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

fYear

1996

fDate

13-17 May 1996

Firstpage

1247

Lastpage

1250

Abstract

The UK´s first PV facade demonstration project was installed at the University of Northumbria in the autumn of 1994. The 39.5 kWp PV power system is integrated into rainscreen overcladding on the South facade of one of the university buildings. This paper summarises the main design and installation features and discusses the performance of the power system over the first 15 months of operation. The variation of performance ratio with month and the estimated losses for the PV power system are discussed

Keywords

design engineering; installation; photovoltaic power systems; project engineering; solar cell arrays; solar cells; 15 month; 39.5 kW; PV facade; PV power system; UK; demonstration project; design features; installation features; loss estimation; performance ratio; rainscreen overcladding; university buildings; Availability; Buildings; Inverters; Laminates; Monitoring; Performance analysis; Performance loss; Photovoltaic systems; Power engineering and energy; Solar power generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1996., Conference Record of the Twenty Fifth IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

0160-8371

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3166-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.1996.564358

Filename

564358