Experimental and Computational Fluid Dynamic Study of an Active Ventilated Façade Integrating Battery and Distributed MPPT

1 Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per l’Energia “Nicola Giordano”, salita S. Lucia sopra Contesse, 5 98126 Messina, Italy 2 Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed. 8 90128 Palermo, Italy 3 Meridionale Impianti S.p.A., via Senatore Simonetta 26/D – 20867 Caponago (MB), Italy 4 Power Evolution S.r.L, Bivio Aspro Z.I. Piano Tavola – 95032 Belpasso (CT), Italy

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