Simulation of energy production by bifacial modules with revision of ground reflection

Energy Procedia

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 389-395

  Yusufoglu, Ufuk Alper ^a   Lee, Tae Hun ^a   Pletzer, Tobias Markus ^a   Halm, Andreas ^b   Koduvelikulathu, Lejo Joseph ^b   Comparotto, Corrado ^b   Kopecek, Radovan ^b   Kurz, Heinrich ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b International Solar Energy Research Center ISC Konstanz   (Germany)

Author keywords

Albedo; Annual energy yield; Bifacial module; Simulation; View factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919948761     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.08.111     Document Type: Conference Paper

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