Integrating the function of power generation, sound insulation, heat insulation and decoration, photoelectric curtain wall is a new functional curtain wall which combines the photoelectric techno-logy and curtain wall technology. It represents a new direction of the development of curtain wall technology. With the solar photo-voltaic cells and semiconductor material, the photoelectric curtain wall collects, converts, accumulates and voltage-transforms the natural light and finally links to the architectural power supply
Main features of photovoltaic curtain wall:
It can convert the energy of sunlight into electricity. Actually, the key component of conversion is PV (photovoltaic) panel. The back of PV panel can be painted different colors to suit different architectural style. Its special appearance has a unique decorative effect and endows the building with a distinct times color.At present, solar photovoltaic power system has been successfully applied in the projects such as Office Building of Central State Organs seven ministries, Jiangsu Wuxi Airport Navigation Building, Center for China Compliance with International Environmental Conventions, which were constructed by Jianghe, and realize the great changes from energy saving to energy generation.
The basic unit of photovoltaic curtain wall is PV panel which is a battery array composed of several photovoltaic batteries in series and parallel combina-tion. PV panel is installed in the corresponding structure of curtain wall and the solar photovoltaic power system is formed. The columns and beams of solar photovoltaic power system commonly use aluminium mullion. PV panel can be replaced conveniently.