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Energy forecast for mobile photovoltaic systems with focus on trucks for cooling applications
Author(s) -
Kühnel Meike,
Hanke Benedikt,
Geißendörfer Stefan,
Maydell Karsten,
Agert Carsten
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
progress in photovoltaics: research and applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.286
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1099-159X
pISSN - 1062-7995
DOI - 10.1002/pip.2886
Subject(s) - trailer , photovoltaic system , environmental science , truck , wind speed , automotive engineering , meteorology , solar energy , wind power , irradiance , solar irradiance , computer science , engineering , electrical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics
Abstract For a viable and commercial attractive integration of vehicle integrated photovoltaic applications (ViPVs) energy forecasting is required as a foundation for business case calculation. The developed algorithm facilitates the forecast of annual power distribution and solar energy yield along any given track tested on a German use case. A high temporal and spatial resolution of the meteorological database providing ambient temperature, wind speed, and global horizontal irradiance was determined as a necessity to preserve the irradiance distribution and consequently the power distribution available throughout the year. For ViPV module temperature, respectively, module efficiency benefits strongly from head wind. As a consequence, the performance of ViPV under motion was identified as superior to non‐mobile PV installations. The potential annual energy yield of the three showcasing commercial semi‐trailer lorries operating in Germany is identified to be 3–7 MWh depending on the used cell technology. The potential energy gain due to head wind cooling is estimated to be 20–75 kWh per trailer and year. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.