Essays about: "solar shading"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 61 essays containing the words solar shading.

  1. 16. Design optimization of utility-scale PV power plant

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för information och teknik

    Author : Meisam Farzaneh Kaloorazi; Marzieh Ghaneei Yazdi; [2021]
    Keywords : Utility-scale; PV power plant; Design; Optimization; financial analysis; Bifacial PV system; Levelized cost of energy;

    Abstract : Solar energy market has been rapidly growing in Sweden over the past few years. Älvdalen municipality in central Sweden is investigating the possibility of installing a utility-scale solar power plant. In the present work, we investigate technical design and economic viability of a utility-scale solar power plant in Älvdalen. READ MORE

  3. 17. Space environmental effects on solar sails

    University essay from KTH/Rymdteknik

    Author : Erik Lindblad Nyman; [2021]
    Keywords : Space environment; solar sail; radiation; membrane; Rymdmiljön; solsegel; strålning; membran;

    Abstract : As the average temperature on Earth keeps rising and becoming a greater threat to life on Earth, several methods has been proposed to mitigate the effects of elevated temperatures or to lower the Earth's average temperature drastically. One suggestion is a solar sail shade that blocks a portion of the incoming sunlight. READ MORE

  4. 18. Rooftop plant factories: effects on energy use for heating, cooling and electric lighting

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Energi och byggnadsdesign; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Yizhi Zhang; [2021]
    Keywords : Urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry UPAF ; urban farming UF ; rooftop greenhouse RTG ; lighting; daylighting; energy conservation; roof; greenhouse; food; cities.; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Within the next thirty years, two thirds of the human population will live in a city. This growing urban population requires a major shift in the way we produce and distribute food, since industrial agriculture practices contribute to climate change, biodiversity losses, pollution of waterways, soil degradation, etc. READ MORE

  5. 19. Smartphone-based shade analysis using hemispherical fisheye imaging for local solar energy potential

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Jonas Andersson; [2020]
    Keywords : solar power; shading analysis; smartphone-based; fisheye lens; image segmentation; watershed transformation; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : In the emerging trend of smartphone use and a rising demand for solar photovoltaic (PV) power worldwide, this master thesis project explores the potential to utilize commercially available fisheye lens optics in combination with a smartphone camera to capture and analyze local shading conditions. Photogrammetric studies involving hemispherical sky photos have since long been used for environmental studies and solar energy applications, although mostly with high-end costly equipment. READ MORE

  6. 20. Energy savings in multi-family building after using an innovative retrofitting package

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Energiteknik

    Author : Kosmas Kasolas; [2020]
    Keywords : Energy savings; retrofitting; energy efficient measures; thermal insulation; multi family building;

    Abstract : The building sector is one of the sectors that consume the most energy in Sweden. In order to deal with this problem Swedish government aims to reduce the energy consumption in the building sector 50% by 2050. Another ambitious goal set by the Swedish government is zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. READ MORE