Measurement and control of forces acting on a solar panel

Yuta Ikeya; Koji Fukagata; Noriaki Ichijo; Masakazu Hasegawa; Shinsuke Matsuno

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-30602-5_73

Measurement and control of forces acting on a solar panel

Yuta Ikeya, Koji Fukagata, Noriaki Ichijo, Masakazu Hasegawa, Shinsuke Matsuno

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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The aerodynamic forces acting on a solar panel was measured in a wind tunnel and their dependency on the angle of attack and the aspect ratio of the panel was investigated using scaled models. The experiment was carried out at the Reynolds number on the order of 10⁴ and 10⁵. It was found that the forces have a Reynolds number dependency, which suggests that the current standard defined by Japanese Industrial Standards might not be sufficient to capture such a characteristics. Furthermore, a simple passive control method was proposed to reduce the lift force by enlarging a separation bubble over the panel. It was demonstrated that the lift force acting on the panel was successfully reduced by this control method.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Jets, Wakes and Separated Flows, ICJWSF 2015
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media, LLC
Pages	595-600
Number of pages	6
Volume	185
ISBN (Print)	9783319306001
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30602-5_73
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	5th International Conference on Jets, Wakes and Separated Flows, ICJWSF2015 - Stockholm, Sweden Duration: 2015 Jun 15 → 2015 Jun 18

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Other	5th International Conference on Jets, Wakes and Separated Flows, ICJWSF2015
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Stockholm
Period	15/6/15 → 15/6/18

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Ikeya, Y, Fukagata, K, Ichijo, N, Hasegawa, M & Matsuno, S 2016, Measurement and control of forces acting on a solar panel. in Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Jets, Wakes and Separated Flows, ICJWSF 2015. vol. 185, Springer Science and Business Media, LLC, pp. 595-600, 5th International Conference on Jets, Wakes and Separated Flows, ICJWSF2015, Stockholm, Sweden, 15/6/15. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30602-5_73

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