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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Computer Fluid Dynamics Assessment of an Active Ventilated Façade Integrating Distributed MPPT and Battery
G. BrunacciniFrancesco GuarinoGiovanni TumminiaMarco FerraroAntonio ColinoFrancesco SergiGirolama Airò FarullaVincenzo AntonucciFabio GiusaDavide AloisioMaurizio Cellurasubject
Battery (electricity)Computer fluid dynamicsSettore ING-IND/11 - Fisica Tecnica AmbientaleComputer scienceGeneral EngineeringFacadeBIPV battery ventilated façade CFDMaximum power point trackingAutomotive engineeringdescription
Ventilated Façades integrated with photovoltaic panels have become a popular way to improve both the thermal-physical performances of the existing built environment. The increased usage of not-programmable renewable energy sources implies the adoption of energy storage systems to mitigate the mismatch between the power generation and the building’s demand. Aiming at properly integrates a photovoltaic panel and a battery (Lithium based) as a module of an active ventilated façade, the prototype design has been carried out in terms of thermo-fluid dynamics performance. Based on experimental setup, a numerical study of flow through the air cavity of the active ventilated façade has been carried out by the fluid-dynamics Finite Volume code-Ansys-Fluent. The calibrated model was lastly used to perform a wide range of parametric analyses on different climate and boundary conditions to explore the viability of the prototype.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-30 | TECNICA ITALIANA-Italian Journal of Engineering Science |