TY  - JOUR
AU  - Patel, Neel
AU  - Sovetkin, Evgenii
AU  - Pieters, Bart
AU  - Bittkau, Karsten
AU  - Ding, Kaining
AU  - Peibst, Robby
AU  - Fischer, Hilke
AU  - Reinders, Angèle
TI  - Performance Analysis of an Onboard PV System on a Demonstrator Light Commercial Vehicle in Hannover, Germany
JO  - Progress in photovoltaics
VL  - 33
IS  - 5
SN  - 1062-7995
CY  - Chichester
PB  - Wiley
M1  - FZJ-2025-01868
SP  - 616-627
PY  - 2025
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.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:001409888700001
DO  - DOI:10.1002/pip.3897
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1040381
ER  -