Energy forecast for mobile photovoltaic systems with focus on trucks for cooling applications.

Autor: Kühnel, Meike, Hanke, Benedikt, Geißendörfer, Stefan, Maydell, Karsten, Agert, Carsten
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Zdroj: Progress in Photovoltaics; Jul2017, Vol. 25 Issue 7, p525-532, 8p
Abstrakt: For a viable and commercial attractive integration of vehicle integrated photovoltaic applications (ViPVs) energy forecasting is required as a foundation for business case calculation. The developed algorithm facilitates the forecast of annual power distribution and solar energy yield along any given track tested on a German use case. A high temporal and spatial resolution of the meteorological database providing ambient temperature, wind speed, and global horizontal irradiance was determined as a necessity to preserve the irradiance distribution and consequently the power distribution available throughout the year. For ViPV module temperature, respectively, module efficiency benefits strongly from head wind. As a consequence, the performance of ViPV under motion was identified as superior to non-mobile PV installations. The potential annual energy yield of the three showcasing commercial semi-trailer lorries operating in Germany is identified to be 3-7 MWh depending on the used cell technology. The potential energy gain due to head wind cooling is estimated to be 20-75 kWh per trailer and year. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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