Title
Monitoring versus prediction of the power of three different PV technologies in the coast of Lima-Peru
Date Issued
15 March 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
conference paper
Publisher(s)
IOP Publishing Ltd
Abstract
This article presents the benefits of two simple analytical models for estimating the outdoor performance of three different photovoltaic technologies in Lima, Peru. The Osterwald and the constant fill factor models are implemented to estimate the maximum power delivered by three photovoltaic module technologies: aluminum back surface field, heterojunction with intrinsic thin-layer and amorphous/microcrystalline thin-film tandem. A 12-months experimental campaign is carried out through measurements of current-voltage curves, irradiance and module temperature. The results show that both models overestimate the modelled power when compared to the measured one. In order to correct the maximum power predicted by both models, a correction factor is introduced. This correction factor allows us to estimate losses and a respective effective nominal power to minimize the prediction error on a monthly and yearly basis. These parameters demonstrate a unique behavior for each technology during different months implying different seasonal impacts of the ambient variables on the module performance. The effectiveness of this correction factor is demonstrated through accuracy measures. It enables the photovoltaic power prediction with an error < 1% for the particular climate in Lima, Peru.
Volume
1841
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería eléctrica, Ingeniería electrónica Ingeniería del Petróleo, (combustibles, aceites), Energía, Combustibles
Publication version
Version of Record
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85103331331
Source
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
ISSN of the container
1742-6588
Conference
Peruvian Workshop on Solar Energy 2020, JOPES 2020Lima, Virtual 25 June 2020 through 26 June 2020
Sponsor(s)
We acknowledge the financial support provided by the Peruvian National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT) through Contract N° 124-2018-FONDECYT. Additional support was provided by the vice-chancellorship for research of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) (project no. CAP-2019-3-0041/702). Brando Calsi received financial support by Bachelor Thesis Development Support Program (PADET).
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