Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for improved bifacial solar modeling
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Application No.: US17344728Application Date: 2021-06-10
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Publication No.: US11482968B2Publication Date: 2022-10-25
- Inventor: Clayton Gregory Piatt , Tirumalai Tejas
- Applicant: 8me Nova, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: 8me Nova, LLC
- Current Assignee: 8me Nova, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Main IPC: H02S50/10
- IPC: H02S50/10 ; H02J3/00 ; H02S20/21

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for improved bifacial solar modeling. A method may comprise measuring an albedo of a surface on which an array of bifacial solar modules is disposed and setting an albedo parameter of a bifacial gain model. The method may further comprise measuring a backside irradiance of the array and setting a backside irradiance parameter. The method may further comprise setting a shed transparency parameter using the measured backside irradiance and a geometric model of the array. The method may further comprise setting a rear shading parameter using a shading model of the array. The method may further comprise computing an expected bifacial gain of the array. The method may further comprise determining an actual bifacial gain of the array. The method may further comprise setting a rear mismatch parameter to minimize a loss function of the expected bifacial gain and the actual bifacial gain.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220311380A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED BIFACIAL SOLAR MODELING Public/Granted day:2022-09-29
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