Measurement and modeling of 3D solar irradiance for vehicle-integrated photovoltaic

K Araki, Y Ota, M Yamaguchi - Applied sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Featured Application This technology is expected to be applied to vehicle-integrated
photovoltaic. Abstract The energy yield of vehicle-integrated photovoltaics (VIPV) differs from …

Curve correction of vehicle‐integrated photovoltaics using statistics on commercial car bodies

Y Ota, K Araki, A Nagaoka… - Progress in Photovoltaics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Typically, car roofs are curved, which means that vehicle‐integrated photovoltaics (VIPVs)
are also curved along the roof surface. The performance of the PV module is influenced by …

3D Solar Irradiance Model for Non-Uniform Shading Environments Using Shading (Aperture) Matrix Enhanced by Local Coordinate System

K Araki, Y Ota, A Nagaoka, K Nishioka - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs) and vehicle-integrated photovoltaics (VIPVs)
receive solar irradiance through non-uniform shading objects. Standard scalar calculations …

Solar Electric Vehicles as Energy Sources in Disaster Zones: Physical and Social Factors

K Araki, Y Ota, A Maeda, M Kumano, K Nishioka - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Electric vehicles (EVs) have the advantage of being resilient to natural disasters. However,
users hesitate to donate electricity when they lose the chance to recharge at the utility. Solar …

[HTML][HTML] Testing and rating of vehicle-integrated photovoltaics: Scientific background

K Araki, Y Ota, K Nishioka - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2025 - Elsevier
We need to rush into the international standardization of the performance of VIPV. IEC TC82
PT600 and WG2 group carry out the standardization discussion. This work covers the …

Photovoltaic concentration: Research and development

S El Himer, S El Ayane, S El Yahyaoui, JP Salvestrini… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) technology, by using efficient optical elements, small sizes
and high efficiency multi-junction solar cells, can be seen as a bright energy source to …

Vector-Based Advanced Computation for Photovoltaic Devices and Arrays: Numerical Reproduction of Unusual Behaviors of Curved Photovoltaic Devices

K Araki, Y Ota, K Nishioka - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Featured Application vehicle-integrated photovoltaics (VIPVs), agriphotovoltaics, building-
integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs), aircraft PVs, and wavy PV arrays installed on wavy land …

[HTML][HTML] Performance Analysis of a Micro-Photovoltaic Concentrator Designed for Automotive Applications

S El Ayane, A Ahaitouf - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
This research paper delves into the potential use of solar energy as an alternative energy
source for future vehicles. The study introduces a system that overcomes the limitations of …

Energy Management Strategy: Microgrid Integrated with Hybrid PV-T, EV, and Battery

M Valikhany, P Peltoniemi - … on Smart Grid and Smart Cities …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study presents an analysis of a microgrid with the integration of photovoltaic glass (PV-
glass), hybrid thermal photovoltaic (HPV-T), and a battery as a storage system. Also, as a …

Performance analysis of a two stage micro photovoltaic concentrator

SEL Ayane, S El Himer, S El-Yahyaoui… - 2019 7th International …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a comparative study of two Micro photovoltaic concentrator
systems (MCPV); the first is based on a Fresnel lens associated with a dome lens as …