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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Development of Field Scenario Ray Tracing Software for the Analysis of Bifacial Photovoltaic Solar Panel Performance

Li, Chu Tu January 2016 (has links)
This thesis is based on a project "Bifacial Photovoltaic Energy Production Analysis" to build a detailed simulation model system accurately simulate bifacial panel performance under real field radiation conditions and deployment configuration, and to predict its corresponding energy yield. To the author’s up-to-date knowledge, the model system is unpreceded among same type simulation software in complexity, details in consideration, ranges of deployment and parameters. The model system can also be used as a platform for more components and variables to be added on, such as adding on more rows of panel arrays to simulate bifacial solar farm scenario; and adding spectral information for more accurate analysis. The system components’ sub-models were carefully chosen based on a broad literature review in related aspects; especially in sky diffuse radiance, ground reflection, and bifacial solar cells. Built in MATLAB© based on mathematical expressions from above said models, the system consists of 5 bifacial panels and their racking as shading objects and the central panel performance is under investigation and has taken consideration of all possible panel azimuth and elevation combinations. Model simplification and resolution are carefully considered so to achieve a good balance in complexity, computation load and output accuracy. Output reliability is confirmed with other people’s work. Furthermore, the model has been fully checked and peer tested. Outputs under different parameter settings are analysed and discussed. Conclusions and recommended future work are provided at the end of the thesis.
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Modélisation du rayonnement solaire pour la simulation thermique en milieu urbain / Modelling solar radiation in the urban context for thermal simulations

Merino, Luis 14 October 2013 (has links)
Le rayonnement solaire est la variable la plus importante pour le calcul du bilan thermique du bâtiment. Son calcul requiert des relations géométriques pour la composante directe et un modèle de ciel pour distribuer le rayonnement diffus sur la voûte céleste. Des modèles développés pour des collecteurs solaires sont utilisés pour calculer le rayonnement solaire atteignant l'enveloppe du bâtiment. Des outils calculent le rayonnement en adaptant des modèles de ciel développés pour l'éclairage naturel. Bien que ces modèles de ciel, avec des genèses différents, servent à calculer le rayonnement solaire, il convient de préciser quel est le plus adapté pour travailler en milieu urbain.En nous appuyant sur une étude des données météorologiques, des modèles de ciel et des techniques numériques, on a mis en place un code susceptible de calculer le rayonnement direct (soleil) et diffus (ciel) et leur interaction avec la géométrie urbaine. La nouveauté réside dans l'évaluation du rayonnement solaire en utilisant un modèle de ciel isotrope et deux anisotropes. L’interaction entre ces modèles et la géométrie urbaine est mise en évidence avec une série d’exemples géométriques progressivement plus complexes. Des méthodes pour tuiler la voûte céleste sont présentées. Les différences entre le rayonnement calculé avec les modèles anisotropes (le modèle de source ponctuelle et le modèle tout temps de Perez) qui sont peu importantes dans une scène dégagée, deviennent significatives dans une scène urbaine. Des contributions ont également été apportées à la mise en place d’une station météorologique ainsi que des procédures pour l’analyse statistique des données et leur contrôle de qualité. / Solar irradiation is the most important parameter for building thermal simulation. Its calculation requires geometrical relationships for the direct radiation from the Sun and a sky model to distribute the radiance over the sky vault. Sky models developed for solar collectors are used to calculate the building’s solar irradiation availability. Some software calculates building’s irradiation by adapting sky models for lighting simulations. These models allow to compute solar irradiation, but the selection of the most suitable model for urban applications has not been defined clearly enough. We developed a code, based on the study of numerical methods, sky models and the necessary meteorological data. It calculates the solar irradiation availability in the urban context. The novelty lies in its capacity to evaluate the solar irradiation from the Sun and the sky by using three sky models: one isotropic and two anisotropic. The interaction between each sky model and the urban context is made clear in a series of progressively more complex geometric examples. Procedures to partition the sky vault are presented.Differences between the predicted irradiance by the anisotropic models (Perez punctual source and Perez All-Weather) are classified as small and large in unobstructed and obstructed scenes respectively. Contributions have also been made to set up a meteorological station. Statistical analyses as well as quality control procedures of meteorological data were also implemented.

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