dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | van Sark, W.G.J.H.M. | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Elsinga, B | |
dc.contributor.author | Litjens, G.B.M.A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-08-26T17:02:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-08-26 | |
dc.date.available | 2013-08-26T17:02:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/14249 | |
dc.description.abstract | This research investigated spectral effects of four photovoltaic (PV) technologies at four locations; Alice
Springs (Australia), Beijing (China), Freiburg (Germany) and Padang (Indonesia). To analyse the
spectral effects, simulation tools based on the SMARTS295 clear sky model and various solar engineering
equations (sun position, clearness factor, etc.) were developed. The spectral effects of all locations were
analysed by taking into account the atmospheric parameters Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD), Precipitable
Water Vapour (PWV) and Ozone. Spectral effects found by modelling greatly diverged for the four
locations. It is therefore concluded, that these effects depend strongly on the particular location, mainly
due to different distributions of absolute air mass and concentrations of aerosols. The spectral effects at
the location Freiburg were modelled as well, using locally obtained parameters for a period of eight years.
For a six month period, the modelled and measured spectra were compared. This comparison indicated
multiple deviating results between modelled and measured data. Potential causes and involved uncertainties
are discussed and recommendations addressing these differences for future research are made.
Finally, for consecutive eight years the annual spectral distribution in Freiburg was modelled and related
spectral effects of all four technologies were calculated. Annual spectral losses obtained ranged from year
to year between -0.13 to -0.63% for a-Si; -0.27 to -0.57% for c-Si; -0.95 to -1.37% for CdTe and -0.61 to
-1% for CIS. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.title | Investigation of Spectral Effects on Photovoltaic Technologies by Modelling the Solar Spectral Distribution | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | Performance Ratio, Spectral effects, Photovoltaic, Spectral modelling, Average Photon energy,Usefull fraction,Spectral mismatch factor, Amorphous silicon, Copper Indium diSelenide, Cadmium Telluride,Crystalline silicon, | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Energy Science | |