Research: Performance analysis of a 3 kW grid-connected photovoltaic plant

Performance analysis of a 3 kW grid-connected photovoltaic plant

Authors: Mario Cucumo, Alessandro De Rosa, Vittorio Ferraro, Dimitrios Kaliakatsos, Valerio Marinelli

Abstract

In this paper, the grid-connected photovoltaic plant of the University of Calabria is presented. The photovoltaic plant has a peak power of 2.7 kW, and has been projected and built near the Building Energy Research Laboratory of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Calabria.

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Research: Coupled applications on distributed resources

Coupled applications on distributed resources

Authors: P.V. Coveney, G. De Fabritiis a, M.J. Harvey, S.M. Pickles, A.R. Porter

Abstract

Coupled models are set to become increasingly important in all aspects of science and engineering as tools with which to study complex systems in an integrated manner. Such coupled, hybrid simulations typically communicate data between the component models of which they are comprised relatively infrequently, and so a Grid is expected to present an ideal architecture on which to run them.

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