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Life Cycle Assessment of a Rotationally Asymmetrical Compound Parabolic Concentrator (RACPC)

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  • Przemyslaw Zawadzki

    (Subsea 7, Greenwell Rd, Greenwell Base, Aberdeen AB12 3AX, Scotland, UK
    School of Engineering, Robert Gordon University, Garthdee Road, Aberdeen AB10 7GJ, Scotland, UK)

  • Firdaus Muhammad-Sukki

    (School of Engineering, Robert Gordon University, Garthdee Road, Aberdeen AB10 7GJ, Scotland, UK)

  • Siti Hawa Abu-Bakar

    (Renewable Energy Research Laboratory, Electrical Engineering Section, British Malaysian Institute, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Sungai Pusu, Gombak 53100, Selangor, Malaysia)

  • Nurul Aini Bani

    (UTM Razak School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 54100, Malaysia)

  • Abdullahi Abubakar Mas’ud

    (Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Jubail Industrial College, PO Box 10099, Jubail 31961, Saudi Arabia)

  • Jorge Alfredo Ardila-Rey

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Santiago de Chile 8940000, Chile)

  • Abu Bakar Munir

    (Eversheds Harry Elias LLP, SGX Centre 2, #17-01, 4 Shenton Way, Singapore 068807, Singapore)

Abstract

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.

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  • Przemyslaw Zawadzki & Firdaus Muhammad-Sukki & Siti Hawa Abu-Bakar & Nurul Aini Bani & Abdullahi Abubakar Mas’ud & Jorge Alfredo Ardila-Rey & Abu Bakar Munir, 2020. "Life Cycle Assessment of a Rotationally Asymmetrical Compound Parabolic Concentrator (RACPC)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(11), pages 1-15, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:11:p:4750-:d:369722
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