SEBEpv – New digital surface model based method for estimating the ground reflected irradiance in an urban environment
| Autor: | S. Zamini, Philipp Weihs, Sandro M. Oswald, Heidelinde Trimmel, Michael Revesz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Renewable Energy
Sustainability and the Environment business.industry Urban climatology 020209 energy Photovoltaic system Irradiance Thermal comfort 02 engineering and technology Radiation 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Solar energy Renewable energy 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Environmental science General Materials Science 0210 nano-technology business Building envelope Remote sensing |
| Zdroj: | Solar Energy. 199:400-410 |
| ISSN: | 0038-092X |
| Popis: | Knowing the solar radiation fluxes inside an urban canyon is of interest for different purposes: e.g. urban climatology and studies of human thermal comfort and gaining relevance for future renewable energy generation in an urban environment using photovoltaic systems. For the latter, mainly rooftops are of interest, but studies started to extend towards the solar resources on building facades. However, the reflected solar radiation from the ground is either neglected or estimated using simplifications that lead to overestimation. SEBEpv (Solar Energy on Building Envelope – photovoltaic) is a new tool attempting to provide better estimates for the radiation reflected from the ground onto facades. It is primarily intended for the urban environment where the ground-view is very limited. SEBEpv delivers 3D results based on digital surface models of the environment. Furthermore, an optional PV model was added in order to address the simplified of estimation of reflected radiation when modelling photovoltaic (PV) yields. SEBEpv delivers quite good estimates for the solar radiation compared to the measurements. The simulated irradiance shows an RMSE of 28.7 W/m2 compared to the measured irradiance and has a bias close to zero. This is about half the RMSE shown by the predecessor tool SEBE. The measured total irradiation over two years shows a bias of about 7%, which is likely to be a result of the limited angular resolution of the shading algorithm. Overall, SEBEpv seems to be a promising tool, accounting for reflected radiation in urban environments. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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