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

William Marion, Clifford Hansen, Renee Gooding, Nathan Guay, Daniel Riley, Johnson Kallickal, Donald Ellibee, Amir Asgharzadeh, Fatima Toor, Joshua Stein

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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.
Original languageAmerican English
Pages1543-1548
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Event2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC) - Washington, D.C.
Duration: 25 Jun 201730 Jun 2017

Conference

Conference2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC)
CityWashington, D.C.
Period25/06/1730/06/17

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/CP-5K00-73954

Keywords

  • bifacial PV module
  • irradlance
  • view factor

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