Increasing the Efficiency of Ecological Solar Panels Combined with the Building’s Roof

Orest Voznyak; Mariana Kasynets; Stepan Shapoval; Olena Savchenko; Iryna Sukholova; Nadiia Spodyniuk; Oleksandr Dovbush

doi:10.3390/app14188543

Applied Sciences (Sep 2024)

Increasing the Efficiency of Ecological Solar Panels Combined with the Building’s Roof

Orest Voznyak,
Mariana Kasynets,
Stepan Shapoval,
Olena Savchenko,
Iryna Sukholova,
Nadiia Spodyniuk,
Oleksandr Dovbush

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Orest Voznyak: Department of Heat and Gas Supply and Ventilation, Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Systems, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 79013 Lviv, Ukraine
Mariana Kasynets: Department of Heat and Gas Supply and Ventilation, Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Systems, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 79013 Lviv, Ukraine
Stepan Shapoval: Department of Heat and Gas Supply and Ventilation, Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Systems, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 79013 Lviv, Ukraine
Olena Savchenko: Department of Heat and Gas Supply and Ventilation, Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Systems, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 79013 Lviv, Ukraine
Iryna Sukholova: Department of Heat and Gas Supply and Ventilation, Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Systems, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 79013 Lviv, Ukraine
Nadiia Spodyniuk: Department of Heat and Power Engineering, Education and Research Institute of Energetics, Automation and Energy Efficiency, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, 03041 Kyiv, Ukraine
Oleksandr Dovbush: Department of Heat and Gas Supply and Ventilation, Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Systems, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 79013 Lviv, Ukraine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/app14188543
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 18
p. 8543

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This article is devoted to increasing the efficiency of ecological solar panels with their combination with the house’s roof. A solar panel construction that combines both the solar collector and the building cover is considered. This work investigates the efficiency of solar panels depending on the type of coating, heat-carrying medium mass flow rate, tube diameter, and the distance between the tubes. Among the coatings, Grafplast PDA roofing material is the most effective. Prandelli/Tuborama tubes with a diameter of 16 mm are recommended. The diameter of the tubes significantly affects the efficiency of the solar panel only at low intensity of solar radiation.

Published in Applied Sciences

ISSN: 2076-3417 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); Science: Biology (General); Science: Physics; Science: Chemistry
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci

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