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Thermal Modelling Of An Agrivoltaic System: 3D performance analysis for bificial PV-modules
Mälardalen University, School of Business, Society and Engineering.
Mälardalen University, School of Health, Care and Social Welfare.
2022 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (professional degree), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

abstract

Recognizing the importance of the Food, Energy and Water -nexus sustainable approaches and develop according to their framework, would help to achieve global goals such as water security, energy security and food security. And because of the increasing number of human beings, energy demand, food demand, massive amount of land must be used in order to meet these demands. Agrivoltaic system shows promising potential in helping these areas to thrive, the system combines farm activities with PV energy system on the same piece of land, thus, its fits the requirements of Food, Energy and Water -nexus as a valid solution in optimizing the usage in land along with irrigation. However, understanding of the microclimatic conditions in an Agrivoltaic system is essential for adequate crop management because it represents the physical conditions experienced by organisms, in turn these conditions constrain the crop yield. The issue is that this topic is not fully understood, hence, this research studies the important factors affecting microclimatic conditions. After surveying relative literature review regarding Agrivoltaic system and the surrounding microclimate, a model of the reference plant at KärrboPrästgård in Sweden was developed in the simulation software ‘’Solidworks’’. This was done in order to properly analyze the influence between microclimate versus PV system. The model was then validated with measurements taken from the reference plant such as, temperature and solar intensity absorbed by the panels. And had relatively similar trendlines, which confirmed that the model was in order however, there was a slight difference in both of temperature and solar intensity diagrams. Regarding the result obtained from the CFD simulation showed that the implantation of PV panels could potentially conduct unwanted heat if the air could not travel always to the source of heat and exchange with cooler air. The result also showed the direction of the air showed important value, because when the direction of the air was heading against the front side of the panels, less velocity in air reached the next rows of panels.

 

 

Preface

This degree project was carried out in the School of Business, Society and Engineering (EST) at Mälardalen University within the framework of Future Energy Center. It aims to develop a detailed CFD model of a vertically mounted agrivoltaic system within the Swedish Energy Agency project “Evaluation of the first agrivoltaic system in Sweden”. We want to thank Pietro Campana for arranging the project along with our main supervisor, Sebastian Zainali, who has guided and assisted us throughout the project.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. , p. 38
Keywords [en]
Agrivoltaic System, CFD, Microclimate, Flow simulation
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Natural Sciences Engineering and Technology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-59858OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-59858DiVA, id: diva2:1692303
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Energy Engineering
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Available from: 2022-09-02 Created: 2022-09-01 Last updated: 2022-09-02Bibliographically approved

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