A solar radiation model for photovoltaic and solar thermal power exploitation

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Diaz F ^a   Montero, G ^a   Escobar, J M ^a   Rodriguez E ^a   Montenegro, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptive meshes; Clear sky; Real sky; Shadows; Solar photovoltaics; Solar power; Solar radiation; Solar thermal

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MESHES; CLEAR SKY; REAL-SKY; SHADOWS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR THERMAL;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84858397730     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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