A Novel BIPV-PCM Heat and Power Cogeneration System for Buildings

Project Information

BIPV-PCM-COGEN

Grant agreement ID: 298093

Closed project

Start date 7 December 2012

End date 6 December 2014

Funded under

• Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Total cost € 278 807,40

EU contribution € 278 807,40

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY OF HULL
United Kingdom

Objective

"The project aims to develop a novel BIPV façade module capable of achieving enhanced solar thermal/electrical efficiencies when utilizing micro-encapsulated PCM slurry. This type of module will be designed to provide for flow of properly selected micro-encapsulated PCM slurry, which transfers heat away from the rear of the PV modules, thus decreasing the temperature of the PV cells/modules and increasing their electrical efficiency. The energy carried by the slurry will be used to (1) aid ventilation of the building; (2) provide hot water for domestic use all year round, and for space heating when needed; and (3) be stored in a heat storage unit if there is surplus and fed back to the ventilation or/and heating system when solar radiation is insufficient or unavailable. Compared to conventional BIPV and BIPV/thermal systems, the proposed system could potentially achieve 20% (relative to BIPV/thermal) and 60% (relative to BIPV) higher solar energy conversion efficiency, thus enabling an increased per unit surface area energy production and reduced cost for energy supply. The proposed research will promote large-scale deployment of PV in urban environment, encourage enhanced use of BIPV façade components by architects and builders, and help achieve improved overall energy performance of the buildings. The specific objectives of the project are: (1) designing a conceptual BIPV module and the associated heat and power cogeneration system using the PCM slurry; (2) developing a computer model to optimise the configuration of the BIPV/PCM system and predict its energy generating performance; (3) constructing and testing a prototype BIPV/PCM system and validating the computer model using the experiemntal data; and (4) carrying out economic, environmental and regional acceptance analyses."

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › thermodynamic engineering › heat engineering
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electrical engineering › power engineering › electric power generation › combined heat and power
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels › renewable energy › solar energy › solar thermal
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels › energy conversion
• engineering and technology › civil engineering › architecture engineering › sustainable architecture › sustainable building

Programme(s)

• FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Topic(s)

• FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IIF - Marie Curie Action: "International Incoming Fellowships"

Call for proposal

FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IIF
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Funding Scheme

MC-IIF - International Incoming Fellowships (IIF)

Coordinator

UNIVERSITY OF HULL

Administrative Contact

Xudong Zhao (Prof.)

• Address: Cottingham road ; HU6 7RX Hull ; United Kingdom
• Region: Yorkshire and the Humber › East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire › Kingston upon Hull, City of
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• EU contribution: No data