Joint EPRI/SERI project to evaluate solar radiation measurement systems for electric utility solar radiation resource assessment

Author

Stoffel, Thomas ; Riordan, Carol ; Bigger, John

Author_Institution

Solar Energy Res. Inst., Golden, CO, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

7-11 Oct 1991

Firstpage

533

Abstract

A description is presented of a cooperative project of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) to compare several solar radiation measurement systems as options for performing solar radiation resource assessments in a utility´s service territory. Preliminary results are given for a six-month field comparison of SERI´s measurement systems with two different implementations of the rotating shadowband radiometer concept

Keywords

atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric radiation; photovoltaic power systems; project engineering; radiometers; solar power; sunlight; EPRI; PV power systems; SERI; USA; atmospheric radiation; electric utility; energy resources; project; rotating shadowband radiometer; solar power; solar radiation measurement; sunlight; Electric variables measurement; Energy measurement; Instruments; Laboratories; Manufacturing; Power measurement; Radiometry; Rotation measurement; Solar energy; Solar radiation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1991., Conference Record of the Twenty Second IEEE

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

Print_ISBN

0-87942-636-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.1991.169271

Filename

169271