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Life Cycle Assessment of a Rotationally Asymmetrical Compound Parabolic Concentrator (RACPC)
  Integrating a concentrator into the building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) design has resulted in a new technology known as the building integrated concentrating photovoltaic (BICPV). The rotationally asymmetrical compound parabolic concentrator (RACPC) is an example of a concentrator design that has been explored for use in BICPV. This paper evaluates the life cycle assessment (LCA) for the RACPC-PV module, which has never been explored before. The LCA of the RACPC-PV module has found a cost reduction of 29.09% and a reduction of 11.76% of embodied energy material manufacture when compared to a conventional solar photovoltaic (PV) module. The energy payback time for an RACPC-PV and a conventional PV was calculated to be 8.01 and 6.63 years, respectively. Moreover, the energy return on investment ratio was calculated to be 3.12 for a conventional PV and 3.77 for an RACPC-PV.

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    10 June 2020

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    MDPI AG

  • DOI:

    10.3390/su12114750

  • Cross Ref:

    10.3390/su12114750

  • Funders:

    New Funder; Robert Gordon University

Citation

Zawadzki, P., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Abu-Bakar, S. H., Bani, N. A., Abubakar Mas’ud, A., Ardila-Rey, J. A., & Munir, A. B. (2020). Life Cycle Assessment of a Rotationally Asymmetrical Compound Parabolic Concentrator (RACPC). Sustainability, 12(11), https://doi.org/10.3390/su12114750

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Keywords

solar photovoltaic; solar concentrator; life cycle analysis; rotationally asymmetrical compound parabolic concentrator

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