Supplementary Material for "Transient Performance of a Commercial Photovoltaic Panel integrated with a Bio-Based Phase Change Material: a Numerical Study"

Transient Performance of a Commercial Photovoltaic Panel integrated with a Bio‐Based Phase Change Material: a Numerical Study Vinicius Marson1, Gabriel Bertacco dos Santos1, Jean‐Pierre Bedecarrats2, José Lara Cruz2, Elaine Maria Cardoso1,3,∗ 1São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ilha Solteira, São Paulo, Brazil 2Universite de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, LaTEP, Laboratoire de Thermique, Énergétique et Procédés, IPRA (FR CNRS-UPPA 2952), Pau, France 3São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Engineering, Department of Aeronautical Engineering, São João da Boa Vista, São Paulo, Brazil Supplementary Materials (a) Ambient conditions. (b) Assumptions validation. (c) 𝑇𝑃𝑉 profiles for systems PV and PV+LA:PA. (d) Melted PCM fraction. Figure 1: Ambient conditions (a), Assumptions validation (b), 𝑇PV profiles (c) and Melted PCM fraction (d) for April 11, 2021. ∗Corresponding author’s e‐mail address: [email protected] (E.M. Cardoso) (a) Ambient conditions. (b) Assumptions validation. (c) 𝑇𝑃𝑉 profiles for systems PV and PV+LA:PA. (d) Melted PCM fraction. Figure 2: Ambient conditions (a), Assumptions validation (b), 𝑇PV profiles (c) and Melted PCM fraction (d) for April 12, 2021. (a) Ambient conditions. (b) Assumptions validation. (c) 𝑇𝑃𝑉 profiles for systems PV and PV+LA:PA. (d) Melted PCM fraction. Figure 3: Ambient conditions (a), Assumptions validation (b), 𝑇PV profiles (c) and Melted PCM fraction (d) for April 20, 2021. 2 (a) Ambient conditions. (b) Assumptions validation. (c) 𝑇𝑃𝑉 profiles for systems PV and PV+LA:PA. (d) Melted PCM fraction. Figure 4: Ambient conditions (a), Assumptions validation (b), 𝑇PV profiles (c) and Melted PCM fraction (d) for April 21, 2021. (a) Ambient conditions. (b) Assumptions validation. (c) 𝑇𝑃𝑉 profiles for systems PV and PV+LA:PA. (d) Melted PCM fraction. Figure 5: Ambient conditions (a), Assumptions validation (b), 𝑇PV profiles (c) and Melted PCM fraction (d) for April 22, 2021. 3 (a) Ambient conditions. (b) Assumptions validation. (c) 𝑇𝑃𝑉 profiles for systems PV and PV+LA:PA. (d) Melted PCM fraction. Figure 6: Ambient conditions (a), Assumptions validation (b), 𝑇PV profiles (c) and Melted PCM fraction (d) for May 2, 2021. (a) Ambient conditions. (b) Assumptions validation. (c) 𝑇𝑃𝑉 profiles for systems PV and PV+LA:PA. (d) Melted PCM fraction. Figure 7: Ambient conditions (a), Assumptions validation (b), 𝑇PV profiles (c) and Melted PCM fraction (d) for May 3, 2021. 4 (a) Ambient conditions. (b) Assumptions validation. (c) 𝑇𝑃𝑉 profiles for systems PV and PV+LA:PA. (d) Melted PCM fraction. Figure 8: Ambient conditions (a), Assumptions validation (b), 𝑇PV profiles (c) and Melted PCM fraction (d) for May 4, 2021. (a) Ambient conditions. (b) Assumptions validation. (c) 𝑇𝑃𝑉 profiles for systems PV and PV+LA:PA. (d) Melted PCM fraction. Figure 9: Ambient conditions (a), Assumptions validation (b), 𝑇PV profiles (c) and Melted PCM fraction (d) for May 5, 2021. 5 (a) Ambient conditions. (b) Assumptions validation. (c) 𝑇𝑃𝑉 profiles for systems PV and PV+LA:PA. (d) Melted PCM fraction. Figure 10: Ambient conditions (a), Assumptions validation (b), 𝑇PV profiles (c) and Melted PCM fraction (d) for June 4, 2021. (a) Ambient conditions. (b) Assumptions validation. (c) 𝑇𝑃𝑉 profiles for systems PV and PV+LA:PA. (d) Melted PCM fraction. Figure 11: Ambient conditions (a), Assumptions validation (b), 𝑇PV profiles (c) and Melted PCM fraction (d) for June 23, 2021. 6 (a) Ambient conditions. (b) Assumptions validation. (c) 𝑇𝑃𝑉 profiles for systems PV and PV+LA:PA. (d) Melted PCM fraction. Figure 12: Ambient conditions (a), Assumptions validation (b), 𝑇PV profiles (c) and Melted PCM fraction (d) for July 2, 2021. (a) Ambient conditions. (b) Assumptions validation. (c) 𝑇𝑃𝑉 profiles for systems PV and PV+LA:PA. (d) Melted PCM fraction. Figure 13: Ambient conditions (a), Assumptions validation (b), 𝑇PV profiles (c) and Melted PCM fraction (d) for July 5, 2021. 7 (a) Ambient conditions. (b) Assumptions validation. (c) 𝑇𝑃𝑉 profiles for systems PV and PV+LA:PA. (d) Melted PCM fraction. Figure 14: Ambient conditions (a), Assumptions validation (b), 𝑇PV profiles (c) and Melted PCM fraction (d) for July 7, 2021. (a) Ambient conditions. (b) Assumptions validation. (c) 𝑇𝑃𝑉 profiles for systems PV and PV+LA:PA. (d) Melted PCM fraction. Figure 15: Ambient conditions (a), Assumptions validation (b), 𝑇PV profiles (c) and Melted PCM fraction (d) for July 9, 2021. 8 (a) Ambient conditions. (b) Assumptions validation. (c) 𝑇𝑃𝑉 profiles for systems PV and PV+LA:PA. (d) Melted PCM fraction. Figure 16: Ambient conditions (a), Assumptions validation (b), 𝑇PV profiles (c) and Melted PCM fraction (d) for July 13, 2021. (a) Ambient conditions. (b) Assumptions validation. (c) 𝑇𝑃𝑉 profiles for systems PV and PV+LA:PA. (d) Melted PCM fraction. Figure 17: Ambient conditions (a), Assumptions validation (b), 𝑇PV profiles (c) and Melted PCM fraction (d) for July 23, 2021. 9 (a) Ambient conditions. (b) Assumptions validation. (c) 𝑇𝑃𝑉 profiles for systems PV and PV+LA:PA. (d) Melted PCM fraction. Figure 30: Ambient conditions (a), Assumptions validation (b), 𝑇PV profiles (c) and Melted PCM fraction (d) for December 10, 2021. (a) Ambient conditions. (b) Assumptions validation. (c) 𝑇𝑃𝑉 profiles for systems PV and PV+LA:PA. (d) Melted PCM fraction. Figure 31: Ambient conditions (a), Assumptions validation (b), 𝑇PV profiles (c) and Melted PCM fraction (d) for December 24, 2021. 16 (a) Ambient conditions. (b) Assumptions validation. (c) 𝑇𝑃𝑉 profiles for systems PV and PV+LA:PA. (d) Melted PCM fraction. Figure 32: Ambient conditions (a), Assumptions validation (b), 𝑇PV profiles (c) and Melted PCM fraction (d) for December 26, 2021. 17