Abstract
bifacial_radiance contains a series of Python wrapper functions to make working with RADIANCE easier, particularly for the PV researcher interested in bifacial PV performance. Users can configure site details such as latitude / longitude, and ground albedo. A bifacial PV system is created with a number of PV modules in rows. The user can specify ground clearance height, row spacing, tilt and azimuth angle, etc. The scene is created, and annual or hourly irradiance profiles are applied to identify the rear irradiance fraction for a given condition.
- Developers:
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Deline, Chris [1] ; Ayala, Silvana [1]
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Release Date:
- 2017-12-17
- Project Type:
- Open Source, Publicly Available Repository
- Software Type:
- Scientific
- Programming Languages:
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Python
- Licenses:
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BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
- Sponsoring Org.:
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USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (EE-4S)Primary Award/Contract Number:AC36-08GO28308
- Code ID:
- 6869
- Site Accession Number:
- NREL SWR-18-03
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Country of Origin:
- United States
Citation Formats
Deline, Chris, and Ayala, Silvana.
Bifacial_Radiance [SWR-18-03].
Computer Software.
https://github.com/NREL/bifacial_radiance.
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (EE-4S).
17 Dec. 2017.
Web.
doi:10.11578/dc.20180530.16.
Deline, Chris, & Ayala, Silvana.
(2017, December 17).
Bifacial_Radiance [SWR-18-03].
[Computer software].
https://github.com/NREL/bifacial_radiance.
https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20180530.16.
Deline, Chris, and Ayala, Silvana.
"Bifacial_Radiance [SWR-18-03]." Computer software.
December 17, 2017.
https://github.com/NREL/bifacial_radiance.
https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20180530.16.
@misc{
doecode_6869,
title = {Bifacial_Radiance [SWR-18-03]},
author = {Deline, Chris and Ayala, Silvana},
abstractNote = {bifacial_radiance contains a series of Python wrapper functions to make working with RADIANCE easier, particularly for the PV researcher interested in bifacial PV performance. Users can configure site details such as latitude / longitude, and ground albedo. A bifacial PV system is created with a number of PV modules in rows. The user can specify ground clearance height, row spacing, tilt and azimuth angle, etc. The scene is created, and annual or hourly irradiance profiles are applied to identify the rear irradiance fraction for a given condition.},
doi = {10.11578/dc.20180530.16},
url = {https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20180530.16},
howpublished = {[Computer Software] \url{https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20180530.16}},
year = {2017},
month = {dec}
}