@proceedings{34133,
  keywords = {Cooling, Buildings, Thermodynamics, Solar power},
  author = {Isaac Gendler and Mara Leandro and Ramina Albazi and Rodrigo Henriquez and Josh Sanghvi and Reshma Singh and Gayathri Aaditya Eranki and Sohail H Zaidi},
  title = {Evaluation of an Integrated Pipe Water Cooling Strategy to Improve BIPV Structure Performance},
  abstract = {<p>When the temperatures of photovoltaics break a threshold of 25 degrees celsius, they begin to lose<br />efficiency. This work describes the basis of a water cooling mechanism which may be used to cool down roof<br />mounted photovoltaics. After a thorough literature review, it was decided that running water through aluminum<br />pipes attached to the back of a solar panel would be the most effective method. To study the effectiveness of such a<br />system, a prototype was fabricated two panels were brought out to the top of a solar deck in an engineering<br />university building and laid out in parallel. One panel had the cooling system attached to its back and the other one<br />had no attachments to serve as a control panel. Experimentation was performed by taking temperature measurements<br />for one hour before activating the hydraulics for 30 minutes. It was found that a significant reduction of temperature<br />occurred on the water-cooled panel.</p>},
  year = {2019},
  journal = {ASES National Solar Conference},
  language = {eng},
}