Photovoltaic systems with rotational panels to harvest natural and artificial light for electrical production

Abstract

Regarding the fact that huge amount of non-renewable energy is extracted, distributed, converted and consumed for electrical demands in the Building-Integrated Photovoltaic systems, using the rotational photovoltaic panels as a source of energy would be more convenient. Optimization of this system which harvests outdoor natural light and indoor artificial light is an enormous need to maximize the solar panel efficiency. In this paper to achieve the main purpose, an experimental attempt has been made to model the wall and window built PV system as economical as possible. The performance of this model is carried out on the facade of buildings with a Manual switch for rotation. The result of this experiment has shown that the system is more efficient.