Efficiency enhancement in energy production of photovoltaic modules through green roof installation under tropical climates

Vanisha Arenandan; Jee Khai Wong; Ali Najah Ahmed; Ming Fai Chow

doi:10.1016/j.asej.2022.101741

Efficiency enhancement in energy production of photovoltaic modules through green roof installation under tropical climates

Vanisha Arenandan, Jee Khai Wong, Ali Najah Ahmed, Ming Fai Chow

Malaysia School of Engineering

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Abstract

This study is aimed to assess the performance of green roof-PV system; and determine the optimum installation height of green roof. In this study, two units PV panels of 1 kW each were setup at building rooftop level. Modular green roofs were established at three different heights of 0.3 m, 0.6 m and 0.9 m from rooftop floor level, respectively. The effects of each green roof height on the PV module temperature, ambient temperature and daily power yield were monitored for 6 months’ period. The results showed that green roof-PV system exhibited lower ambient and PV module temperatures of 3.36% and 17% compared to bare roof-PV system. Other than that, green roof enhanced the power generation efficiency averagely by 1.6%. It is found that green roof installed at 0.3 m has increased the power generation performance by 3% and 11% compared to that of 0.6 m and 0.9 m, respectively.

Original language	English
Article number	101741
Number of pages	10
Journal	Ain Shams Engineering Journal
Volume	13
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asej.2022.101741
Publication status	Published - Sept 2022

Keywords

Building rooftop
Green roof
Solar photovoltaic
Tropical climate

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Efficiency enhancement in energy production of photovoltaic modules through green roof installation under tropical climates

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