A procedure to predict the energy harvest of photovoltaic arrays using only global horizontal radiation measurements

dc.contributor.advisorGrady, W. M.en
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSantoso, Suryaen
dc.creatorReddy, Niveditha Hanumanthaen
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-01T20:14:59Zen
dc.date.available2010-11-01T20:14:59Zen
dc.date.available2010-11-01T20:15:06Zen
dc.date.issued2010-05en
dc.date.submittedMay 2010en
dc.date.updated2010-11-01T20:15:06Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractThis thesis uses the results of analysis of data recorded at a solar monitoring station in West Texas and the knowledge from an existing solar radiation estimation model to develop a methodology to predict the energy output from a panel at a site using only partial radiation data - global horizontal radiation measurements. The prediction using partial data is validated against estimates acquired using the complete radiation data and constraints are defined for accurate prediction. The methodology presented in this thesis can be used to accurately predict the solar power/energy incident on a collector at any location possessing global horizontal radiation measurements.en
dc.description.departmentElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-05-1355en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.subjectGlobal horizontalen
dc.subjectDiffuse horizontalen
dc.subjectBeam radiationen
dc.subjectZenith angleen
dc.subjectIncident solar poweren
dc.titleA procedure to predict the energy harvest of photovoltaic arrays using only global horizontal radiation measurementsen
dc.type.genrethesisen
thesis.degree.departmentElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
thesis.degree.disciplineElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at Austinen
thesis.degree.levelMastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science in Engineeringen

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