Study of Solar Radiation in View of Photovoltaic Systems Optimization
(2011) Smart Grid and Renewable Energy — Vol. 2, n° 4, p. 367-374 (2011)
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- The meteorological data concerning solar radiation are generally not sufficient to allow quantifying all the phenomena which occur when a photovoltaic panel receives solar light. It is therefore, necessary to supplement these data by using astronomical calculation for the sun position and modelling the atmosphere. A simple method to calculate global, diffuse and direct irradiance on vertical and tilted surfaces for all uniform sky conditions (clear sky and overcast sky), developed in Constantine (Algeria) and Louvain-la-neuve (Belgium), has been compared with experimental data ob-tained at Ghardaia (Algeria). In spite of its simplicity, the method furnishes reasonably good predictions, in comparison with experimental data, and can be proposed as a simplified tool for design purposes. This method relies on the fact that we can calculate the irradiance on a plane with arbitrary orientation and inclination, based on the measurement of a single irradiance value on a reference plane.
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URAER Ghardaïa Unité de Recherches Appliquées aux Energies Renouvelables Université Mentouri de Constantine MODERNA ( Modelisation de dispositifs à énergie renouvelable et nanométriques)
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Chenni, R., Matagne, E., & Khennane-Benbitour, M. (2011). Study of Solar Radiation in View of Photovoltaic Systems Optimization. Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, 2(4), 367-374. https://doi.org/10.4236/sgre.2011.24042 (Original work published 2011)