%0 Conference Proceedings
%K Cooling
%K Buildings
%K Thermodynamics
%K Solar power
%A Isaac Gendler
%A Mara Leandro
%A Ramina Albazi
%A Rodrigo Henriquez
%A Josh Sanghvi
%A Reshma Singh
%A Gayathri Aaditya Eranki
%A Sohail H Zaidi
%B ASES National Solar Conference
%D 2019
%G eng
%T Evaluation of an Integrated Pipe Water Cooling Strategy to Improve BIPV Structure Performance
%X <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>