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Assessing the Performance of the Fast All-Sky Radiation Model for Solar Applications with Narrowband Irradiances on Tilted Surfaces (FARMS-NIT)
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 (PV) 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 TMY3 sites and compared with the simulation by TMYSPEC. Our results indicate that FARMS-NIT leads to ~ 5% greater spectral irradiances compared to TMYSPEC. The difference in POA irradiance with a latitude tilt angle is slightly larger than global horizonal irradiance (GHI).
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1508490
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-5D00-73756
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Presented at the 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC), 10-15 June 2018, Waikoloa Village, Hawaii
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; computational modeling; clouds; atmospheric modeling; land surface; surface waves; numerical models; solar radiation
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). United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547495.
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). United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547495
Xie, Yu, and Sengupta, Manajit. 2018.
"Assessing the Performance of the Fast All-Sky Radiation Model for Solar Applications with Narrowband Irradiances on Tilted Surfaces (FARMS-NIT)". United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547495.
@article{osti_1508490,
title = {Assessing the Performance of the Fast All-Sky Radiation Model for Solar Applications with Narrowband Irradiances on Tilted Surfaces (FARMS-NIT)},
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 (PV) 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 TMY3 sites and compared with the simulation by TMYSPEC. Our results indicate that FARMS-NIT leads to ~ 5% greater spectral irradiances compared to TMYSPEC. The difference in POA irradiance with a latitude tilt angle is slightly larger than global horizonal irradiance (GHI).},
doi = {10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547495},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1508490},
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place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {11}
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