Fast Horizon Approximation: Impacts on Integrated Photovoltaic Irradiation Simulations
Evgenii Sovetkin,
Andreas Gerber,
Bart E. Pieters
Abstract:In applications that utilize detailed solar resource assessments with high‐resolution topography data, calculating the topographic horizon is critical for accurate shading calculations. In particular, the horizon calculation significantly influences the time needed to model solar irradiation in integrated photovoltaic applications. The new approximate horizon algorithm was developed to balance accuracy and computation time. This study evaluates the algorithm's performance in modeling vehicle‐ and building‐inte… Show more
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