2022 PVPMC – Salt Lake City

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 (5093 downloads)	Patrick Keelin	Clean Power Research
The National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB): Recent Updates, New Developments and Status in 2022 (5024 downloads)	Manajit Sengupta	NREL
Solar ground measurements processing by automatic and manual tools (4977 downloads)	Jozef Dudzak	Solargis
Worldwide Benchmark of Modeled Solar Surface Irradiance (5132 downloads)	Adam Jensen	Technical University of Denmark

2. Submodel Development

The “Fresnel Equations” for Diffuse radiation on Inclined photovoltaic Surfaces (FEDIS) (5421 downloads)	Yu Xie	NREL
Improved Heat Transfer Correlation for Large Scale Solar PV Convection Modeling (7427 downloads)	Raul Bayoan Cal	Portland State University
The Influence of System-Level Design Elements on Convective Cooling in PV Solar Farms (5188 downloads) (Pending peer-reviewed publication)	Brooke Stanislawski	NREL
Modeling Electrical Shading Effects in PVsyst (7422 downloads)	Michele Oliosi	PVsyst	Recording link

3. Posters

A Photovoltaic Power Prediction Approach Enhanced by Feature Engineering and Stacked Machine Learning Model (4792 downloads)	Ibtihal Ait Abdelmoula	SIRC/LAGeS-EHTP, Hassania School of Public Works
Improving Analysis Methods for IEC 61853 Matrix Measurements (7312 downloads)	Steve Ransome	SRCL
Angular Response Correction Factors for Comparing PV Reference Cells and Thermopile Pyranometers (7333 downloads)	Michael Gostein	Atonometrics
Load-matching renewable plus storage system modeling in NREL SAM (2021.12.2r2) (7324 downloads)	Will Hobbs	Southern Company
Distribution Function Instead of Steady-State Assumption in Time-Series Simulation (7356 downloads)	Andy Walker	NREL
Hourly Modeling Corrections for PV Energy Assessments (7459 downloads)	Madison Ghiz	DNV
Overview of the Best Practices and Standards Development for the Collection and Use of Solar Resource Data for Solar Energy Applications (4899 downloads)	Aron Habte	NREL
The WRF-Solar Ensemble Prediction System: Development, Test, and Validation (4892 downloads)	Manajit Sengupta	NREL
Technoeconomic Analysis of changing PV System Layout and Convection Heat Transfer (4814 downloads)	Matthew Prilliman	NREL
The Triple-C Method for Correctly Simulating PV Clipping Loss (5134 downloads)	Tim Townsend	P.E. Davis, CA
How to Check if your PV System is Measuring Up to Expectations (7256 downloads)	Kenneth Sauer	VDE
Using Machine Learning for Predictive Modeling of Weather Impacts on Utility-scale Photovoltaic Systems​ (4873 downloads)	Hector Mendoza	Sandia National Laboratories
Classification Method to Predict the Effect of Short-Term Inverter Saturation on PV Performance Modeling (7271 downloads)	Jonathan Allen	Allen Analytics LLC
Recent Improvements in PV+Battery Modeling in NREL’s System Advisor Model (4893 downloads)	Brian Mirletz	NREL
A General Bifacial Photovoltaic Device Method to Predict System Performance with Albedo (7271 downloads)	Erin Tonita	University of Ottawa
Conductive Cooling of Solar Photovoltaic Modules in Unperturbed Atmospheric Conditions (7114 downloads)	Jace Davis	University of Utah
Evaluating PV Field Grounding Performance with Simulations for Lightning Transient Energy (8691 downloads)	Steven Weber	DEHN
Existing Field Performance Models Cannot Describe Perovskite Modules (7192 downloads)	Michael Deceglie	NREL
Fault Detection and Location on Photovoltaic Systems Using Spread Spectrum Time Domain Reflectometry (SSTDR) (6830 downloads)	Cynthia Furse	University of Utah
Advanced Solar PV Energy Pre-Construction Losses: Losses due to uneven terrain, tracker wind stowing, and sub-hourly clipping error (7423 downloads)	Halley Darling	UL
Estimating Subhourly Clipping from Hourly Data: A Simplified Approach (7366 downloads)	Allison Mueller	Avangrid Renewables

4. Modeling Tools and Software Updates (Part 1)

PV Performance Modeling with PVfit: Workflows that balance cost, complexity, and accuracy (1533 downloads)	Mark Campanelli	Intelligent Measurement Systems LLC	Recording link
pvlib python 2022 Update (4994 downloads)	Kevin Anderson	NREL	Recording link
Solecito: A Software Library for the Detailed Simulation of Photovoltaic Arrays (5018 downloads)	Martin Herrerias Azcue	University of Stuttgart	Recording link

5. Modeling Tools and Software Updates (Part 2)

Automating the Solar Resource and Production Assessment (7327 downloads)	Annalise Miller	Avangrid Renewables	Recording link
Updates and Improvements in the Latest PVsyst Versions (5009 downloads)	Bruno Wittmer	PVsyst	Recording link
Recent and Planned Improvements to the System Advisor Model (SAM) (4875 downloads)	Janine Keith	NREL	Recording link
DALY Next Generation Solar + Storage Modeling Software (7287 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 (7399 downloads)	Ben Pierce	Sandia National Laboratories	Recording link
Performance Modeling and Analysis of Terrain-Following Single-Axis Tracking PV Systems (5057 downloads)	Amir Asgharzadeh Shishavan	Nextracker	Recording link
Bifacial Benefits in Snowy Conditions: Single Axis Tracking Field Observations in Modeling (7364 downloads)	Sara MacAlpine	juwi	Recording link
Validation of Industry Snow Losses (4991 downloads)	Halley Darling	UL	Recording link
Evaluating Energy Gains on Intelligent Tracker Control Algorithms with Alternating A-B Tests (7428 downloads)	John Moseley	Array Technologies	Recording link

7. PV Data Analysis and Analytics

Orange Button: Accelerating PV Capabilities by Facilitating Data Exchange (7038 downloads)	Cliff Hansen	Sandia National Laboratories	Recording link
PVAnalytics: A Python Package for Automated Processing of Solar Time Series Data (4965 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 (7393 downloads)	Juergen Sutterlueti	Gantner Instruments	Recording link
Large-Scale PV Plant Performance Benchmarking (7305 downloads)	Wayne Li	EPRI	Recording link
Soiling Measurement Data Processing to Support Production Loss Prediction (5101 downloads)	Julie Chard	GroundWork Renewables	Recording link

8. Bifacial PV

Irradiance Uniformity Mapping Module (7288 downloads)	Daniel Zirzow	CFV Labs	Recording link
Validation of In-Situ I-V Measurement Device for PV System Monitoring Applications (5082 downloads)	Audrey Marquis	Atonometrics	Recording link
Improved Tracking Schemes for Half-Cut Photovoltaic Modules (7411 downloads)	Aron Dobos	Nextracker	Recording link
Comparison of ray tracing rendering technique with ground measurements for improved solar radiation modeling (7428 downloads)	Tomas Cebacauer	Solargis	Recording link