 The role of view factors in solar photovoltaic fieldsJ. Appelbaum Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018, vol. 81, issue P1, 161-171 Abstract: The solar radiation on photovoltaic collectors in a solar field, deployed in multiple rows, consists of the direct beam, diffuse and reflected radiation. The amount of the diffuse and reflected radiation on the collector depends on view factor of the collector to sky, to ground and to surrounding objects. As shading takes place in the PV field, part of the ground between the collector rows may be shaded and another part may not be shaded, at any instant of time. To calculate the incident radiation of a PV field it is important to calculate the various types of view factors. In this paper, analytical expressions and numerical values of view factors were developed between collectors to sky Fsky, between opposite collectors FA→H, and between collectors to shadedFgrd.s and not shadedFgrd.us grounds, for the front and rear sides of the collectors deployed on horizontal and inclined planes. Keywords: PV fields; View factors to sky, ground and between collectors; Shaded and unshaded grounds (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:rensus:v:81:y:2018:i:p1:p:161-171 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2017.07.026 Access Statistics for this article Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews is currently edited by L. Kazmerski More articles in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews from Elsevier |
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