Print Email Facebook Twitter Energy matching: Key towards the design of sustainable photovoltaic powered products Title Energy matching: Key towards the design of sustainable photovoltaic powered products Author Kan, S.Y. Contributor Brezet, J.C. (promotor) Sinke, W.C. (promotor) Faculty Industrial Design Engineering Date 2006-12-19 Abstract The starting point of this dissertation is the observation that today a vast amount of 'PV powered' products are already on the market. However, in these PV powered products quite often the choice of PV cells seems random and PV cells function mostly as add-on units to give the product a 'green' energy image. Because of this 'add-on' approach, the PV cells remain foreign bodies which are not well-integrated into the total product design. As a result in today's PV powered products often a sub-optimal matching between the PV cell characteristics, energy storage and the product user contexts. Therefore, the keyword to obtain a mature and sustainably designed PV powered product will be matching. As a result the research question is formulated as: What systematic matching can be achieved between the elements and interfaces of the energy chain of photovoltaic powered mobile/wireless products? The emphasis of this dissertation will be on the optimal matching in the energy chain of PV powered products. For this purpose, an Energy Matching Model of the energy chain is developed. This dissertation will present how, why and under what circumstances a novel Energy Matching Model and associated Figure of Matching algorithm can support industrial designers in developing sustainable photovoltaic powered products. This PhD research project is executed within the framework of the SYN-Energy program which explores the feasibility of a transition towards the use of photovoltaic (PV) cells in consumer and professional products. This program is a part of the 'Energy Research Stimulation Program' of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Subject photovoltaicsbatteriesenergy chain To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:9c5fafed-13a6-4bc6-b99b-88450b9d8db0 ISBN 90-5155-030-8 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights (c) 2006 S.Y. Kan Files PDF dep_kan_20061219.pdf 7.94 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:9c5fafed-13a6-4bc6-b99b-88450b9d8db0/datastream/OBJ/view