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Planning the optimal installation of a solar power station through wind‐state analysis
Author(s) -
Obara Shin'ya,
Utsugi Yuta
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ieej transactions on electrical and electronic engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.254
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1931-4981
pISSN - 1931-4973
DOI - 10.1002/tee.22421
Subject(s) - photovoltaic system , meteorology , environmental science , engineering , wind power , marine engineering , civil engineering , electrical engineering , geography
Wind‐state analysis is required for the installation planning of a solar power station, since the wind's cooling effect controls the photovoltaic cell temperature. In this study, a large‐scale solar power system and the configuration of the target installation location are digitized based on open data from the Geographical Survey Institute of Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. A method for obtaining the temperature distribution of the photovoltaic array is proposed by applying heat fluid analysis (wind‐state analysis), including heat transmission analysis using the above data. Furthermore, as a case study, we plan the installation of a large‐scale solar power system in Hamamasu, Shinshinotsu, and Chitose, which fall under the jurisdiction of the Ishikari Development and Promotion Bureau of Hokkaido. The distribution of the wind and heat flow in the photovoltaic array's circumference is determined, as well as the temperature distribution and the average conversion efficiency, considering the actual photovoltaic array configuration. © 2017 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.