Improved Field Evaluation of Reference Cell Using Spectral Measurements

Aron Habte; Manajit Sengupta; Frank Vignola; Josh Peterson; Richard Kessler; Vikram Sandhu

doi:10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980915

Improved Field Evaluation of Reference Cell Using Spectral Measurements

Aron Habte, Manajit Sengupta, Frank Vignola, Josh Peterson, Richard Kessler, Vikram Sandhu

Power Systems Engineering

University of Oregon

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Abstract

Output from a reference solar cell mounted on a one-axis tracking surface is investigated using 350 nm to 1650 nm spectral irradiance measurements on selected days throughout the year. Comparisons are made to a Class-A pyranometer also mounted on the tracking surface. The ratio of the reference cell's measurements to reference pyranometer measurements exhibit systematic biases over the day and year. Most of this bias is linked to spectral, temperature, and angle-of-incident effects that differ for the reference cell and the pyranometer. The comparison is done for selected clear and totally cloudy days to determine the magnitude of the effects and to characterize they influence the measurements made with reference cells.

Original language	American English
Pages	3156-3163
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980915 https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980915
State	Published - Jun 2019
Event	46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019 - Chicago, United States Duration: 16 Jun 2019 → 21 Jun 2019

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Conference	46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chicago
Period	16/06/19 → 21/06/19

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See NREL/CP-5D00-74037 for preprint

NREL Publication Number

NREL/CP-5D00-76349

Keywords

one-axis tracker
pyranometer
Reference solar cells
resource assessment
spectral measurements

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Habte, A , Sengupta, M, Vignola, F, Peterson, J, Kessler, R & Sandhu, V 2019, 'Improved Field Evaluation of Reference Cell Using Spectral Measurements', Paper presented at 46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019, Chicago, United States, 16/06/19 - 21/06/19 pp. 3156-3163. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980915, https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980915

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