Glare Hazard Analysis of Novel BIPV Module Technologies

Bucher, Christof; Danaci, Sirin; Wandel, Jasmin (25 October 2021). Glare Hazard Analysis of Novel BIPV Module Technologies In: Solar World Congress. Monaco (virtual). 25.-29. Oktober 2021.

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Standard Photovoltaic (PV) modules use anti-reflective (AR) surfaces or coating to maximise solar energy transmission and minimise reflection (Hartmeyer, 2019). Despite this, they can still create glare hazards. New PV modules have been developed for building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) to lessen the possibility of glare hazards. In this paper, an outdoor measurement technique for evaluating glare hazards of PV modules is introduced. Eight different PV module glass technologies and coating technologies are tested and compared. The results show that by reducing specular reflection and increasing beam spread, the relevant measure of glare (luminance) can fall by several orders of magnitude without reducing the performance of the PV modules.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Division/Institute:	School of Engineering and Computer Science > Institute for Energy and Mobility Research IEM > IEM / Photovoltaic systems
Name:	Bucher, Christof0000-0001-7092-0804; Wüthrich, Peter; Danaci, Sirin and Wandel, Jasmin
Subjects:	T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Language:	German
Submitter:	Christof Bucher
Date Deposited:	08 Dec 2021 11:45
Last Modified:	07 Jun 2023 10:34
Related URLs:	Organisation
Uncontrolled Keywords:	glare hazard, beam spread, luminance, specular and diffuse reflection, PV modules, solar glass
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.15987
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/15987