Predicting a solar field's power output, while considering environmental conditions

Raul Rabinovici; Amir Havili; Omer Cohen; Yotam B. Frechter

doi:10.1109/EEEI.2010.5662173

Predicting a solar field's power output, while considering environmental conditions

Raul Rabinovici
, Amir Havili
, Omer Cohen
, Yotam B. Frechter

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

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Abstract

Being able to give a preliminary estimation of a solar field annual power output is of paramount importance, especially when dealing with large fields. The Cost of constructing such a field is very high, and the time it takes to repay itself is usually about a decade. It is shown that the 10-parameter solar cell model can be employed to suit any functional solar module which was tested in order to obtain its parameters. Then, the virtual parameters of a 10-parameter model of an entire panel (modeled as a large cell) can be obtained, and a running model for the entire field is deduced. To predict the field output, the sun elevation needs to be estimated annually as well. Using Woolf's equations, another Simulink model was constructed, delivering a 10 minute vector of samples of the sun's height all year-round.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2010 IEEE 26th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2010
Pages	36-39
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EEEI.2010.5662173
State	Published - 1 Dec 2010
Event	2010 IEEE 26th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2010 - Eilat, Israel Duration: 17 Nov 2010 → 20 Nov 2010

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Name	2010 IEEE 26th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2010

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Conference	2010 IEEE 26th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2010
Country/Territory	Israel
City	Eilat
Period	17/11/10 → 20/11/10

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Rabinovici, R., Havili, A., Cohen, O., & Frechter, Y. B. (2010). Predicting a solar field's power output, while considering environmental conditions. In 2010 IEEE 26th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2010 (pp. 36-39). Article 5662173 (2010 IEEE 26th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2010). https://doi.org/10.1109/EEEI.2010.5662173

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