Real-Time Irradiance Simulation for PV Products and Building Integrated PV in a Virtual Reality Environment

被引：11

作者：

Veldhuis, Anton J. ^{[1
]}

Reinders, Angele H. M. E. ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Twente, Fac Engn Technol, Dept Design Prod & Management, NL-7522 NB Enschede, Netherlands

[2] Delft Univ Technol, Fac Ind Design Engn, Dept Design Sustainabil, NL-2628 CN Delft, Netherlands

来源：

IEEE JOURNAL OF PHOTOVOLTAICS | 2012年 / 2卷 / 03期

关键词：

Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV); irradiance; PV products; shading; simulation; virtual reality; HOURLY DIFFUSE-RADIATION;

D O I：

10.1109/JPHOTOV.2012.2189937

中图分类号：

TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];

学科分类号：

0807 ; 0820 ;

摘要：

This paper describes a new software tool named "VR4PV," which has been developed for real-time simulation of irradiance for photovoltaic (PV) products in a virtual 3-D environment. This tool offers the possibility for product designers and architects to evaluate the distribution of irradiance on surfaces with an arbitrary geometry that can be covered with PV cells. In addition, the energetic performance can be estimated during the design process of PV products and building integrated PV (BIPV). The software allows for irradiance calculations on multiple arbitrarily oriented surfaces at the same time. It includes shadow simulation for multiple surrounding objects with various shapes and can handle movements of the 3-D objects during the simulation, which might be useful for the design of moving PV-powered products like boats, cars, and portable handhelds. A validation is carried out based on 1-min outdoor measurements of irradiance on two different locations in Italy and in California.

引用

页码：352 / 358

页数：7

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