Design of a sun tracker for the automatic measurement of spectral irradiance and construction of an irradiance database in the 330–1100nm range

J. Cañada, M.P. Utrillas, J.A. Martinez-Lozano, R. Pedrós, J.L. Gómez-Amo and A. Maj

Renewable Energy, 2007, vol. 32, issue 12, 2053-2068

Abstract: An automatic global and direct solar spectral irradiance system has been designed based on two LICOR spectroradiometers equipped with fibre optics and remote cosine sensors. To measure direct irradiance a sun tracker based on step motors has been developed. The whole system is autonomous and works continuously. From the measurements provided by this system a spectral irradiance database in the 330–1100nm range has been created. This database contains normal direct and global horizontal irradiances as well as diffuse irradiance on a horizontal plane, together with total atmospheric optical thickness and aerosol optical depth.

Keywords: Sun tracker; Direct solar spectral irradiance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2006.11.001

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