A Detailed Model of Rear-Side Irradiance for Bifacial PV Modules

Clifford W Hansen; Renee Gooding; Nathan Guay; Daniel M Riley; Johnson Kallickal; Donald Ellibee; Amir Asgharzadeh; Bill Marion; Fatima Toor; Joshua S Stein

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366707

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A Detailed Model of Rear-Side Irradiance for Bifacial PV Modules

Clifford W Hansen, Renee Gooding, Nathan Guay, Daniel M Riley, Johnson Kallickal, Donald Ellibee, Amir Asgharzadeh, Bill Marion, Fatima Toor and Joshua S Stein

2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), pp.1543-1548

Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 44 (Washington, DC, USA, 06/25/2017–06/30/2017)

06/2017

DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366707

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Abstract

We describe and validate a method for modeling irradiance on the back surface of bifacial PV modules at the scale of individual cells using view factors. We compare model results with irradiance measurements on the back of PV modules in various configurations. Our analysis illustrates the relative accuracy of the model as well as the potential variation in back surface irradiance among the cells.

Geometry

bifacial PV module

Computational modeling

irradlance

Laboratories

Mathematical model

Reflection

Sensor arrays

Sun

view factor

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Title: Subtitle: A Detailed Model of Rear-Side Irradiance for Bifacial PV Modules
Creators: Clifford W Hansen - Sandia National Laboratories
Renee Gooding - Sandia National Laboratories
Nathan Guay - Sandia National Laboratories
Daniel M Riley - Sandia National Laboratories
Johnson Kallickal - Sandia National Laboratories
Donald Ellibee - Sandia National Laboratories
Amir Asgharzadeh - University of Iowa
Bill Marion - National Laboratory of the Rockies
Fatima Toor - University of Iowa
Joshua S Stein - Sandia National Laboratories
Resource Type: Conference proceeding
Publication Details: 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), pp.1543-1548
Conference: Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 44 (Washington, DC, USA, 06/25/2017–06/30/2017)
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366707
Publisher: IEEE
Language: English
Date published: 06/2017
Academic Unit: Electrical and Computer Engineering; Physics and Astronomy
Record Identifier: 9984197998002771

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