Vertical reflector for bifacial PV-panels

Michael Linde Jakobsen, Sune Thorsteinsson, Peter Behrensdorff Poulsen, Peter Melchior Rødder, Kristin Rødder

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    Abstract

    Bifacial solar modules offer an interesting price/performance ratio, and much work has been focused on directing the ground albedo to the back of the solar cells. In this work we design and develop a reflector for a vertical bifacial panel, with the objective to optimize the energy harvest for the winter. Raytracing modelling is used to simulate the reflector, and initial simplified simulations indicates a significant gain in energy harvest that increase with increasing latitude for the winter. The simulations also show energy gain for the summer, however, not as significant as for the winter and the summer gain is almost independent of latitude.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationIEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference 2016
    PublisherIEEE
    Publication date2016
    Pages2678-2681
    ISBN (Print)9781509027248
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016
    Event2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, United States
    Duration: 5 Jun 201610 Jun 2016
    Conference number: 43
    https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/7701171/proceeding

    Conference

    Conference2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
    Number43
    LocationOregon Convention Center
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityPortland
    Period05/06/201610/06/2016
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