The University of Southampton
University of Southampton Institutional Repository

The importance of sensors in the determination of BIPV parameters and installation energy yield

The importance of sensors in the determination of BIPV parameters and installation energy yield
The importance of sensors in the determination of BIPV parameters and installation energy yield
Sensor reliability is important in building integrated photovoltaic installations to convey confidence in the correct operation of the installation and to quantify the yield of the PV system. This paper relates the experience gained from a PV fa?e installed at Southampton University, which was found to have irradiance sensors (reference cells), producing conflicting data. Specifically, when comparing the output of the various irradiance sensors it is apparent that performance ratio analysis of the PV system produces widely differing results. This paper discusses the critical impact of sensor accuracy on array power output and performance ratios. It serves to highlight that even small errors in irradiance measurement can determine whether or not a PV system is perceived as being ‘good’ based on its performance ratio.
4990181603
2046-2049
IEEE
Bahaj, A.S.
a64074cc-2b6e-43df-adac-a8437e7f1b37
Braid, R.M.
ee314b15-09a6-415d-947a-e2850e7d4daa
James, P.A.B.
da0be14a-aa63-46a7-8646-a37f9a02a71b
Bahaj, A.S.
a64074cc-2b6e-43df-adac-a8437e7f1b37
Braid, R.M.
ee314b15-09a6-415d-947a-e2850e7d4daa
James, P.A.B.
da0be14a-aa63-46a7-8646-a37f9a02a71b

Bahaj, A.S., Braid, R.M. and James, P.A.B. (2003) The importance of sensors in the determination of BIPV parameters and installation energy yield. In Proceedings of 3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion 2003. IEEE. pp. 2046-2049 . (doi:10.1109/WCPEC.2003.1306350).

Record type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)

Abstract

Sensor reliability is important in building integrated photovoltaic installations to convey confidence in the correct operation of the installation and to quantify the yield of the PV system. This paper relates the experience gained from a PV fa?e installed at Southampton University, which was found to have irradiance sensors (reference cells), producing conflicting data. Specifically, when comparing the output of the various irradiance sensors it is apparent that performance ratio analysis of the PV system produces widely differing results. This paper discusses the critical impact of sensor accuracy on array power output and performance ratios. It serves to highlight that even small errors in irradiance measurement can determine whether or not a PV system is perceived as being ‘good’ based on its performance ratio.

This record has no associated files available for download.

More information

Published date: May 2003
Venue - Dates: 3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WPEC3), Osaka, Japan, 2003-05-12 - 2003-05-16

Identifiers

Local EPrints ID: 53831
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/53831
ISBN: 4990181603
PURE UUID: 0bb29401-f322-4b97-acb6-eb095d2bb4c2
ORCID for A.S. Bahaj: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0043-6045
ORCID for P.A.B. James: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2694-7054

Catalogue record

Date deposited: 29 Jul 2008
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:45

Export record

Altmetrics

Contributors

Author: A.S. Bahaj ORCID iD
Author: R.M. Braid
Author: P.A.B. James ORCID iD

Download statistics

Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.

View more statistics

Atom RSS 1.0 RSS 2.0

Contact ePrints Soton: eprints@soton.ac.uk

ePrints Soton supports OAI 2.0 with a base URL of http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/oai2

This repository has been built using EPrints software, developed at the University of Southampton, but available to everyone to use.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we will assume that you are happy to receive cookies on the University of Southampton website.

×