TY - GEN
T1 - The all-seeing eye
T2 - 43rd ASES National Solar Conference 2014, SOLAR 2014, Including the 39th National Passive Solar Conference and the 2nd Meeting of Young and Emerging Professionals in Renewable Energy
AU - Srikrishnan, Vivek
AU - Brownson, Jeffrey R.S.
AU - Young, George S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 by American Solar Energy Society.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) is a critical component of solar irradiation for estimating Plane of Array (POA) irradiance on flat plate systems as well as for concentrating systems. Current approaches to measuring or estimating DNI suffer from drawbacks of either high equipment costs or low precision. A new approach is proposed, using Artificial Neural Networks to estimate DNI from the irradiance measures of five pyranometers. We consider various neural network topologies and training data sources and analyze the resulting errors. The estimated systems costs are found to be an order of magnitude less than a traditional pyrheliometer setup, with precision and accuracy significantly improved relative to a single pyranometer system.
AB - Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) is a critical component of solar irradiation for estimating Plane of Array (POA) irradiance on flat plate systems as well as for concentrating systems. Current approaches to measuring or estimating DNI suffer from drawbacks of either high equipment costs or low precision. A new approach is proposed, using Artificial Neural Networks to estimate DNI from the irradiance measures of five pyranometers. We consider various neural network topologies and training data sources and analyze the resulting errors. The estimated systems costs are found to be an order of magnitude less than a traditional pyrheliometer setup, with precision and accuracy significantly improved relative to a single pyranometer system.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84944722807
T3 - 43rd ASES National Solar Conference 2014, SOLAR 2014, Including the 39th National Passive Solar Conference and the 2nd Meeting of Young and Emerging Professionals in Renewable Energy
SP - 511
EP - 518
BT - 43rd ASES National Solar Conference 2014, SOLAR 2014, Including the 39th National Passive Solar Conference and the 2nd Meeting of Young and Emerging Professionals in Renewable Energy
PB - American Solar Energy Society
Y2 - 6 July 2014 through 10 July 2014
ER -
