2022 15th PV Performance Modeling Workshop
Salt Lake City, Utah USA
Day 1: Tuesday August 23, 2022
Keynote Talk: 2021 PVPMC Modeling Comparison (Pending peer-reviewed publication) | Marios Theristis | Sandia National Laboratories |
1. Solar Resource Data and Modeling
The Importance of Data Quality for Reducing the Uncertainty of Site-Adapted Solar Resource Datasets (414 downloads) | Patrick Keelin | Clean Power Research | |
The National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB): Recent Updates, New Developments and Status in 2022 (275 downloads) | Manajit Sengupta | NREL | |
Solar ground measurements processing by automatic and manual tools (322 downloads) | Jozef Dudzak | Solargis | |
Worldwide Benchmark of Modeled Solar Surface Irradiance (460 downloads) | Adam Jensen | Technical University of Denmark |
2. Submodel Development
The “Fresnel Equations” for Diffuse radiation on Inclined photovoltaic Surfaces (FEDIS) (256 downloads) | Yu Xie | NREL | ||
Improved Heat Transfer Correlation for Large Scale Solar PV Convection Modeling (274 downloads) | Raul Bayoan Cal | Portland State University | ||
The influence of system-level design elements on convective cooling in PV solar farms (Pending peer-reviewed publication) | Brooke Stanislawski | NREL | ||
Modeling Electrical Shading Effects in PVsyst (337 downloads) | Michele Oliosi | PVsyst | Recording link |
3. Posters
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4. Modeling Tools and Software Updates (Part 1)
PV Performance Modeling with PVfit: Workflows that balance cost, complexity, and accuracy (230 downloads) | Mark Campanelli | Intelligent Measurement Systems LLC | Recording link | |
pvlib python 2022 Update (324 downloads) | Kevin Anderson | NREL | Recording link | |
Solecito: A Software Library for the Detailed Simulation of Photovoltaic Arrays (266 downloads) | Martin Herrerias Azcue | University of Stuttgart | Recording link |
5. Modeling Tools and Software Updates (Part 2)
Automating the Solar Resource and Production Assessment (266 downloads) | Annalise Miller | Avangrid Renewables | Recording link | |
Updates and Improvements in the Latest PVsyst Versions (267 downloads) | Bruno Wittmer | PVsyst | Recording link | |
Recent and Planned Improvements to the System Advisor Model (SAM) (238 downloads) | Janine Keith | NREL | Recording link | |
DALY Next Generation Solar + Storage Modeling Software (230 downloads) | Josh Wirth | Daly Energy | Recording link |
Day 2: Wednesday August 24, 2022
6. PV Tracking and Snow
Approaches to Sky Image Based Single Axis Tracker Algorithms (297 downloads) | Ben Pierce | Sandia National Laboratories | Recording link | |
Performance Modeling and Analysis of Terrain-Following Single-Axis Tracking PV Systems (302 downloads) | Amir Asgharzadeh Shishavan | Nextracker | Recording link | |
Bifacial Benefits in Snowy Conditions: Single Axis Tracking Field Observations in Modeling (273 downloads) | Sara MacAlpine | juwi | Recording link | |
Validation of Industry Snow Losses (293 downloads) | Halley Darling | UL | Recording link | |
Evaluating Energy Gains on Intelligent Tracker Control Algorithms with Alternating A-B Tests (237 downloads) | John Moseley | Array Technologies | Recording link |
7. PV Data Analysis and Analytics
Orange Button: Accelerating PV Capabilities by Facilitating Data Exchange (296 downloads) | Cliff Hansen | Sandia National Laboratories | Recording link | |
PVAnalytics: A Python Package for Automated Processing of Solar Time Series Data (265 downloads) | Kirsten Perry | NREL | Recording link | |
Advanced system monitoring and artificial intelligent data-driven analytics to serve GW-scale photovoltaic power plant and energy storage requirements (294 downloads) | Juergen Sutterlueti | Gantner Instruments | Recording link | |
Large-Scale PV Plant Performance Benchmarking (265 downloads) | Wayne Li | EPRI | Recording link | |
Soiling Measurement Data Processing to Support Production Loss Prediction (336 downloads) | Julie Chard | GroundWork Renewables | Recording link |
8. Bifacial PV
Irradiance Uniformity Mapping Module (247 downloads) | Daniel Zirzow | CFV Labs | Recording link | |
Validation of In-Situ I-V Measurement Device for PV System Monitoring Applications (272 downloads) | Audrey Marquis | Atonometrics | Recording link | |
Improved Tracking Schemes for Half-Cut Photovoltaic Modules (267 downloads) | Aron Dobos | Nextracker | Recording link | |
Comparison of ray tracing rendering technique with ground measurements for improved solar radiation modeling (283 downloads) | Tomas Cebacauer | Solargis | Recording link |