Study on the Effect of Plant Growth on the Power Generation Performance of CdTe Photovoltaic Glass Curtain Walls
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Abstract
The high summer temperatures of PV (photovoltaic) glass curtain walls lead to reduced power generation performance of PV modules and increased indoor temperatures. To address this issue, this study constructed a test platform for planted photovoltaic glass curtain walls to investigate the effect of plants on their power generation performance. The study’s results indicate the following: (1) reducing the average surface temperature of the surface temperature measurement instrument for the photovoltaic glass curtain wall by 13.6 °C can increase its average power generation capacity by 76 w, demonstrating its power generation performance; (2) plant cultivation influences the micro-environmental temperature on the surface temperature of the photovoltaic glass curtain wall, resulting in a decrease in average micro-environmental temperature by 3.2 °C and average surface temperature by 10.1 °C; (3) compared to traditional PV glass curtain walls, the planted PV glass curtain wall increases cumulative PV power generation output by 21.5 kWh over 15 days and average daily power generation output by 1.4 kWh. Furthermore, during sunny weather with high temperatures, the PV power generation output of the planted PV glass curtain wall is significantly enhanced.
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OpenAlex topics: solar cell performance optimization · Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability · Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
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Affiliations
School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
Funding
National Natural Science Foundation of China · Key Research and Development project Hainan Province
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