TY - JOUR
T1 - Performance Analysis of an Onboard PV System on a Demonstrator Light Commercial Vehicle in Hannover, Germany
AU - Sovetkin, Evgenii
AU - Pieters, Bart
AU - Bittkau, Karsten
AU - Ding, Kaining
AU - Peibst, Robby
AU - Fischer, Hilke
AU - Reinders, Angèle H.M.E.
A2 - Patel, Neel
PY - 2025/1/31
Y1 - 2025/1/31
N2 - We present an analysis of the performance data of a monitored PV system onboard a light commercial electric vehicle during parking and driving conditions in the Hannover region of Germany. The PV system's nominal power is 2180 WP with flat silicon modules on the vehicle's roof, rear, left, and right sides and other electronic components needed to charge the vehicle's high-voltage (HV) battery. The analysis indicated that after 488.92 h of operation, the modules mounted on the vehicle roof produced 133.32 kWh of electricity during parking at the best possible orientation compared to 15.4, 30.67, and 22.99 kWh for the modules mounted on the rear, left, and right sides, respectively. During the trips, after 31.99 h of operation, 6.12, 0.68, 1.08, and 1.86 kWh of electricity were produced by the modules on the roof, rear, left, and right sides, respectively. The overall system efficiency was in the 60%–65% range. The aggregated usable electricity reaching the HV battery after multiple conversion stages generated by the system at the two parking locations was 129.39 kWh. PV electricity generated at the two parking locations enabled a range extension of approximately 530 km, which is 30% of the total distance driven during the measurement period between April and July 2021.
AB - We present an analysis of the performance data of a monitored PV system onboard a light commercial electric vehicle during parking and driving conditions in the Hannover region of Germany. The PV system's nominal power is 2180 WP with flat silicon modules on the vehicle's roof, rear, left, and right sides and other electronic components needed to charge the vehicle's high-voltage (HV) battery. The analysis indicated that after 488.92 h of operation, the modules mounted on the vehicle roof produced 133.32 kWh of electricity during parking at the best possible orientation compared to 15.4, 30.67, and 22.99 kWh for the modules mounted on the rear, left, and right sides, respectively. During the trips, after 31.99 h of operation, 6.12, 0.68, 1.08, and 1.86 kWh of electricity were produced by the modules on the roof, rear, left, and right sides, respectively. The overall system efficiency was in the 60%–65% range. The aggregated usable electricity reaching the HV battery after multiple conversion stages generated by the system at the two parking locations was 129.39 kWh. PV electricity generated at the two parking locations enabled a range extension of approximately 530 km, which is 30% of the total distance driven during the measurement period between April and July 2021.
KW - Irradiance modelling
KW - Performance analysis
KW - Shading analysis
KW - VIPV
UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/pip.3897
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85216484756&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/pip.3897
DO - 10.1002/pip.3897
M3 - Article
SN - 1062-7995
VL - 0
SP - 1
JO - Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications
JF - Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications
ER -
