Assessing active and passive effects of facade building integrated photovoltaics/thermal systems: Dynamic modelling and simulation

摘要

This paper analyses the integration of air open-loop photovoltaic thermal systems on the fa ade of high-rise buildings, with a special focus on their active and passive effects. The system energy performance and its impact on the building heating and cooling demands and electrical production are assessed through a new dynamic simulation model. The developed numerical model of the proposed system, based on a detailed transient finite difference thermal network, is verified by comparing its outcomes to experimental results. With the aim to carry out whole building energy performance analyses, the model is implemented in a dynamic simulation tool for the building energy performance assessment, called DETECt 2.3, and suitably modified to analyse the main building integration energy issues.