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23 August 2017 Application of computational fluids dynamics in the flow on photovoltaic panels
K. Bittencourt Mendes Leitão, André L. T. Rezende, Neelkanth G. Dhere
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The objective of this study is the numerical simulation of wind flow over solar photovoltaic panels. Nowadays there are 132 schools in Florida using solar energy in their buildings. Due to strong winds and hurricanes in that region is needed to determine the aerodynamic efforts from the flow of wind on photovoltaic panels to design with efficiency protectors and supporters to protect the panels. Thus this work proposes a 2D numerical simulation in steady state through the medium of Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) equations. The turbulence closure model used is the SST k-w.
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K. Bittencourt Mendes Leitão, André L. T. Rezende, and Neelkanth G. Dhere "Application of computational fluids dynamics in the flow on photovoltaic panels", Proc. SPIE 10370, Reliability of Photovoltaic Cells, Modules, Components, and Systems X, 103700I (23 August 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2275150
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KEYWORDS
Solar cells

Photovoltaics

Numerical simulations

Systems modeling

Turbulence

Solar energy

Solar energy systems

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