Floating photovoltaics performance simulation approach

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21720%2F22%3A00361431" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21720/22:00361431 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11896" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11896</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11896" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11896</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Floating photovoltaics performance simulation approach

Original language description

Floating photovoltaics (FPVs) provide various benefits especially where land is scarce (e.g., reducing land occupancy, water evaporation and environment control...), or when they are combined with hydropower plants (enhanced capacity factor and green energy generation). Software such as PV*SOL, SAM and PVSyst® are commonly used for the design and simulation of land-based photovoltaic (PV) systems. However, when it comes to the simulation of photovoltaics installed on water surface, such software does not offer the option to directly simulate FPV systems. In this work, a new approach combining MATLAB and Rhino/Grasshopper environments is proposed for the assessment of FPV systems performance. The approach is divided into various steps considering major influencing parameters such as temperature, irradiance, albedo, PV modelling, panel rows spacing, tilt angle, as well as the benefits of including a tracking mechanism. The proposed approach was validated against PV*SOL simulations for land-based PV systems with a small deviation of less than 2.4%. FPVs simulations considering climatic conditions of Štěchovice, Czechia, showed an increase of the performance in the range of 3% compared to terrestrial PVs. This result is in accordance with some published studies based on real FPVs installations. Finally, the developed approach was applied in the simulations of two large-scale FPV systems with different designs (fixed and with a tracking mechanism) including economical aspects.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20704 - Energy and fuels

Project

<a href="/en/project/EF15_003%2F0000464" target="_blank" >EF15_003/0000464: Centre of Advanced Photovoltaics</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Heliyon

ISSN

2405-8440

e-ISSN

2405-8440

Volume of the periodical

8

Issue of the periodical within the volume

12

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

1-11

UT code for WoS article

000907586100002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85143517338