Potential for installing photovoltaic systems on vertical and horizontal building surfaces in urban areas

Solar Energy

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 312-321

  Hsieh, Chun Ming ^a   Chen, Yi An ^b   Tan, Hongwei ^a   Lo, Pei Fang ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CFD (computational fluid dynamics); Shading; Urban area; Vertical fa ade

Indexed keywords

CFD (COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS); ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; SHADING; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; TRAJECTORY METHOD; URBAN AREAS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FACADES; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY PLANNING; INSTALLATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84878170135     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.04.021     Document Type: Article

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