Authors : Youssef Kassem, Hüseyin Gokcekus and Ülker Burcu Filitoglu
Abstract: Solar energy can be an important source in the Northern part of Cyprus part not only to add a new capacity but also to increase energy security, addressing the environmental concerns. Solar radiation can be considered constant in a wide area. Therefore, the objective of this study is to analyze the monthly global solar radiation, sunshine duration, relative humidity and average temperature collected from the Meteorology Department for North Nicosia to show the potential of solar energy in North Nicosia. The data were collected from 2008-2018 and measured at 2 m height. The results showed that global solar radiation data are within the range of 5.4-341.9 kWhm-2 and the mean annual global solar radiation is found to be 2437.52 kWhm-2. In addition, it is found that sunshine duration in North Nicosia is varied from 7.94-12.967 h/day with an average of 8.4 h/day. Moreover, this study is aimed to investigate the performance characteristics of grid-connected Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) in North Nicosia as exemplified by NEU grand library. In this study, a 30 kWp PV capacity is proposed based on the available roof and front of NEU grand library building and its performance in the BIPV system with various angles (slop and azimuth angles) and three PV technologies (crystalline, CIS and CdTe) is analyzed. Furthermore, the performance of freestanding mounting positions with various angles and PV technologies for roof building is studied and compared with BIPV systems. PVGIS simulation tool is used in this study. It concluded that among the proposed two systems, freestanding mounting position system performs better than BIPV and technology wise CdTe performs better than CIS and crystalline.
Youssef Kassem, Hüseyin Gokcekus and Ülker Burcu Filitoglu, 2020. Performance Characteristics of Building Integrated and Freestanding Photovoltaic System with Various PV Technologies and Angles: A Case Study in NEU Grand Library, North Nicosia. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 15: 1027-1042.