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Evaluation of a large dish-type concentrator solar lighting system for underground car park

Song, Duofu; Lv, Hui; Liao, Jun; Huang, Wenjuan; Huang, Sihao; Cheng, Chunfu; Zhou, Huiliang; Su, Yuehong; Riffat, Saffa

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Authors

Duofu Song

Hui Lv

Jun Liao

Wenjuan Huang

Sihao Huang

Chunfu Cheng

Huiliang Zhou

YUEHONG SU YUEHONG.SU@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Thermal Science and Building Technology

SAFFA RIFFAT saffa.riffat@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems



Abstract

To utilize solar energy more efficiently and reduce lighting power consumption in underground public spaces such as car park, a large dish-type concentrator solar lighting system is put forward along with its evaluation, which is a unique design to apply a laminated layer of beam split thin film coating and thin film solar cells onto the dish reflector. The collected sunlight is split into two parts, one being reflected into a fibre optical bundle (FOB) and transmitted for daylighting while the rest being absorbed by solar cells for electricity generation as other way to replenish daylighting. A set of four solar lighting system using 3.28m diameter dish are designed to meet the lighting requirement in a 17712munderground car park. A mathematical model is adopted to calculate the output power and conversion efficiency of solar cells distributed on the parabolic dish surface. The indoor illuminance distribution is given by lighting simulation. The results indicate that the average daylight illuminance in the car park can vary between 62.7 lx and 284 lx on 25 February 2016, and between 62.7 lx and 353 lx on 17 August 2016 for two chosen days respectively. For the presented design, the electricity produced by solar cells is just enough to power light emitting diodes (LEDs) for lighting meeting a criterion at night. Considering about 19% conversion efficiency of solar cells and the efficacy of 129.5 lm/W of LEDs, the hybrid solar lighting system can have about 40% utilization ratio of solar energy, so it can be concluded that a sufficient lighting provision can be provided by the proposed large dish-type concentrator solar lighting system for applications in underground car park.

Citation

Song, D., Lv, H., Liao, J., Huang, W., Huang, S., Cheng, C., …Riffat, S. (2018). Evaluation of a large dish-type concentrator solar lighting system for underground car park. International Journal of Energy Research, 42(6), 2234-2245. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.4017

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 8, 2018
Online Publication Date Feb 27, 2018
Publication Date May 30, 2018
Deposit Date Jan 18, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal International Journal of Energy Research
Print ISSN 0363-907X
Electronic ISSN 0363-907X
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 42
Issue 6
Pages 2234-2245
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/er.4017
Keywords Fibre optic bundle daylighting; Beam split thin film; Dish-type concentrator; Thin film solar cells; Underground car park
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/934933
Publisher URL https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/er.4017
Additional Information This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Song D, Lv H, Liao J, et al. Evaluation of a large dish-type concentrator solar lighting system for underground car park. Int J Energy Res. 2018;1–12. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.4017 which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/er.4017 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.

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