Analytical performance monitoring of a 142.5kW p grid-connected rooftop BIPV system in Singapore

Renewable Energy

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 9-20

  Wittkopf, Stephen ^a   Valliappan, Selvam ^a   Liu, Lingyun ^a   Ang, Kian Seng ^b   Cheng, Seng Chye Jonathan ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Centre for Sustainable Buildings and Construction   (Singapore)

Author keywords

BIPV; Performance Ratio; Solar energy; Tropics; Zero energy building

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PERFORMANCE; ARRAY EFFICIENCY; BIPV; BUILDING-INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAICS; ELECTRICITY GENERATORS; ENERGY TARGETS; GRID-CONNECTED; IEC STANDARDS; INVERTER EFFICIENCY; IRRADIANCE LEVEL; IRRADIANCE MEASUREMENT; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE RATIO; PV MODULE TEMPERATURE; PV MODULES; PYRANOMETERS; SINGAPORE; SYSTEM LOSS; TEMPORAL CHANGE;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; NAMEPLATES; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SOLAR ENERGY; TROPICS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

BUILDING; CLEAR SKY; DATA INTERPRETATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY USE; IRRADIANCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; ROOF; SOLAR POWER; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TROPICAL REGION; ZERO TILLAGE;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84860570081     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.03.034     Document Type: Article

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