Assessing the Performance of the Fast All-Sky Radiation Model for Solar Applications with Narrowband Irradiances on Tilted Surfaces (FARMS-NIT)

Yu Xie; Manajit Sengupta

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547495

Assessing the Performance of the Fast All-Sky Radiation Model for Solar Applications with Narrowband Irradiances on Tilted Surfaces (FARMS-NIT)

Yu Xie, Manajit Sengupta

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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).

Original language	American English
Pages	2386-2389
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547495 https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547495
State	Published - 26 Nov 2018
Event	7th IEEE World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - Waikoloa Village, United States Duration: 10 Jun 2018 → 15 Jun 2018

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Conference	7th IEEE World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Waikoloa Village
Period	10/06/18 → 15/06/18

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See NREL/CP-5D00-71595 for preprint

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NREL/CP-5D00-73756

Keywords

atmospheric modeling
clouds
computational modeling
land surface
numerical models
solar radiation
surface waves

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Xie, Y., & Sengupta, M. (2018). Assessing the Performance of the Fast All-Sky Radiation Model for Solar Applications with Narrowband Irradiances on Tilted Surfaces (FARMS-NIT). 2386-2389. Paper presented at 7th IEEE World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018, Waikoloa Village, United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547495, https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547495

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Xie, Y & Sengupta, M 2018, 'Assessing the Performance of the Fast All-Sky Radiation Model for Solar Applications with Narrowband Irradiances on Tilted Surfaces (FARMS-NIT)', Paper presented at 7th IEEE World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018, Waikoloa Village, United States, 10/06/18 - 15/06/18 pp. 2386-2389. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547495, https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547495

Assessing the Performance of the Fast All-Sky Radiation Model for Solar Applications with Narrowband Irradiances on Tilted Surfaces (FARMS-NIT). / Xie, Yu ; Sengupta, Manajit.
2018. 2386-2389 Paper presented at 7th IEEE World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018, Waikoloa Village, United States.

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