The Effect of Photovoltaic Panels on the Rooftop Temperature in the EnergyPlus Simulation Environment

In this paper, the effects that photovoltaic (PV) panels have on the rooftop temperature in the EnergyPlus simulation environment were investigated for the following cases: with and without PV panels, with and without exposure to sunlight, and using roof materials with different thermal conductiviti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Changhai Peng, Jianqiang Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:International Journal of Photoenergy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9020567