@misc{ca9571410ebe4ea7a4f8b58f177cd336,
title = "Subhourly Clipping Correction Model Comparison",
abstract = "This work will compare the Allen method and Walker method of accounting for subhourly inverter clipping power losses in hourly PV performance models. The Allen method uses a matrix lookup based on DNI clearness and clipping potential to assign a clipping correction loss at each simulation timestep. The Walker method models the PV DC power input to the inverter as a distribution over the hourly timestep and uses integration over the timestep to determine the amount of clipping that occurs within the timestep. Both these models have been recently implemented in the System Advisor Model's (SAM) open-source code, and will be applied to hourly SURFRAD datasets to analyze the subhourly clipping loss predicted by each model for different system designs and inverter loading conditions. Both models will be compared to {"}true{"} 1-minute SURFRAD data simulations to see their accuracy against more accurate 1-minute clipping correction loss predictions. This model comparisons will be investigated in more detail at the PVSC conference in Seattle, Washington June 2024.",
keywords = "inverter clipping, open-source code, performance modeling, photovoltaics",
author = "Matthew Prilliman and Janine Keith and William Hobbs",
year = "2024",
language = "American English",
series = "Presented at the PV Performance Modeling Collaborative (PVPMC) Workshop, 7-9 May 2024, Salt Lake City, Utah",
publisher = "National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)",
address = "United States",
type = "Other",
}