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https://doi.org/10.5194/asr-17-165-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/asr-17-165-2020
24 Jul 2020
 | 24 Jul 2020

Dynamic model of photovoltaic module temperature as a function of atmospheric conditions

James Barry, Dirk Böttcher, Klaus Pfeilsticker, Anna Herman-Czezuch, Nicola Kimiaie, Stefanie Meilinger, Christopher Schirrmeister, Hartwig Deneke, Jonas Witthuhn, and Felix Gödde

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Barry, J., Böttcher, D., Pfeilsticker, K., Herman-Czezuch, A., Kimiaie, N., Meilinger, S., Schirrmeister, C., Deneke, H., Witthuhn, J., and Gödde, F.: Supplement to “Dynamic model of photovoltaic module temperature as a function of atmospheric conditions” (Version 1), Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3958820, 2020.  a
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The power output of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules depends largely upon incident solar radiation as well as PV module temperature. Although irradiance can fluctuate rapidly under broken cloud conditions, module temperature is subject to latency due to the solar panel's heat capacity. In order to reconcile this difference a simple four-parameter model is successfully employed to describe the dynamics of PV module temperature as a function of atmospheric conditions.