Assessing the Performance of the Fast All-sky Radiation Model for Solar Applications with Narrowband Irradiances on Tilted Surfaces (FARMS-NIT): Preprint
Abstract
This study evaluates the performance of a new radiative transfer model, Fast All-sky Radiation Model for Solar Applications with Narrowband Irradiances on Tilted surfaces (FARMS-NIT), that efficiently computes spectral irradiances on inclined photovoltaic panels. FARMS-NIT numerically solves the spatial distribution of solar radiation in 2,002 wavelength bands and thereby accurately provides plane-of-array (POA) irradiances by integrating radiances over inclined surfaces. The FARMS-NIT for clear- and cloudy-sky conditions are used to compute POA irradiances for Typical Meteorological Year 3 sites and compared with the simulation by TMYSPEC. Our results indicate that FARMS-NIT leads to approximately 5% greater spectral irradiances compared to TMYSPEC. The difference in POA irradiance with a latitude tilt angle is slightly larger than global horizontal irradiance.
- Authors:
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (EE-4S)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1457333
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-5D00-71595
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Presented at the 2018 World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC-7), 10-15 June 2018, Waikoloa, Hawaii
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; Fast All-sky Radiation Model for Solar Applications with Narrowband Irradiances on Tilted Surfaces; FARMS-NIT; plane-of-array; POA; irradiance
Citation Formats
Xie, Yu, and Sengupta, Manajit. Assessing the Performance of the Fast All-sky Radiation Model for Solar Applications with Narrowband Irradiances on Tilted Surfaces (FARMS-NIT): Preprint. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web.
Xie, Yu, & Sengupta, Manajit. Assessing the Performance of the Fast All-sky Radiation Model for Solar Applications with Narrowband Irradiances on Tilted Surfaces (FARMS-NIT): Preprint. United States.
Xie, Yu, and Sengupta, Manajit. Sat .
"Assessing the Performance of the Fast All-sky Radiation Model for Solar Applications with Narrowband Irradiances on Tilted Surfaces (FARMS-NIT): Preprint". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1457333.
@article{osti_1457333,
title = {Assessing the Performance of the Fast All-sky Radiation Model for Solar Applications with Narrowband Irradiances on Tilted Surfaces (FARMS-NIT): Preprint},
author = {Xie, Yu and Sengupta, Manajit},
abstractNote = {This study evaluates the performance of a new radiative transfer model, Fast All-sky Radiation Model for Solar Applications with Narrowband Irradiances on Tilted surfaces (FARMS-NIT), that efficiently computes spectral irradiances on inclined photovoltaic panels. FARMS-NIT numerically solves the spatial distribution of solar radiation in 2,002 wavelength bands and thereby accurately provides plane-of-array (POA) irradiances by integrating radiances over inclined surfaces. The FARMS-NIT for clear- and cloudy-sky conditions are used to compute POA irradiances for Typical Meteorological Year 3 sites and compared with the simulation by TMYSPEC. Our results indicate that FARMS-NIT leads to approximately 5% greater spectral irradiances compared to TMYSPEC. The difference in POA irradiance with a latitude tilt angle is slightly larger than global horizontal irradiance.},
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