Situated Visualization of Photovoltaic Module Performance for Workforce Development

Nicholas Brunhart-Lupo; Kenny Gruchalla; Laurie Williams; Steven Elias

doi:10.1109/EnergyVis63885.2024.00009

Situated Visualization of Photovoltaic Module Performance for Workforce Development

Nicholas Brunhart-Lupo, Kenny Gruchalla, Laurie Williams, Steven Elias

Computational Science

Fort Lewis College

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Abstract

The rapid growth of the solar energy industry requires advanced educational tools to train the next generation of engineers and technicians. We present a novel system for situated visualization of photovoltaic (PV) module performance, leveraging a combination of PV simulation, sun-sky position, and head-mounted augmented reality (AR). Our system is guided by four principles of development: simplicity, adaptability, collaboration, and maintainability, realized in six components. Users interactively manipulate a physical module's orientation and shading referents with immediate feedback on the module's performance.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EnergyVis63885.2024.00009
State	Published - 2024
Event	2024 IEEE Workshop on Energy Data Visualization (EnergyVis) - St. Pete Beach, Florida Duration: 13 Oct 2024 → 14 Oct 2024

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Conference	2024 IEEE Workshop on Energy Data Visualization (EnergyVis)
City	St. Pete Beach, Florida
Period	13/10/24 → 14/10/24

Bibliographical note

See NREL/CP-2C00-90491 for preprint

NREL Publication Number

NREL/CP-2C00-92607

Keywords

augmented reality
education
photovoltaics
situated visualization
workforce development

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