For a viable and commercial attractive integration of vehicle integrated photovoltaic applications (ViPVs) energy forecasting is required as a foundation for business case calculation. The developed algorithm facilitates the forecast of annual power distribution and solar energy yield along any given track tested on a German use case. A high temporal and spatial resolution of the meteorological database providing ambient temperature, wind speed, and global horizontal irradiance was determined as a necessity to preserve the irradiance distribution and consequently the power distribution available throughout the year. For ViPV module temperature, respectively, module efficiency benefits strongly from head wind. As a consequence, the performance of ViPV under motion was identified as superior to non‐mobile PV installations. The potential annual energy yield of the three showcasing commercial semi‐trailer lorries operating in Germany is identified to be 3–7 MWh depending on the used cell technology. The potential energy gain due to head wind cooling is estimated to be 20–75 kWh per trailer and year. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. The inclusion of vehicle speed‐induced head wind improves the performance of ViPV by 0.5–3% for tracks in Germany. Vehicle integrated photovoltaic applications on freezer trucks operating in Germany have a potential energy yield of 7 MWh el /year. The sum of all freezer trucks operating in Germany can save more than 113 kt CO 2 .
Energy forecast for mobile photovoltaic systems with focus on trucks for cooling applications
Progress in photovoltaics ; 25 , 7
2017
Article (Journal)
English
Solar energy , Trucks , Wind speed , Computing time , Spatial resolution , green logistics , Commercial vehicles , Cooling systems , Power distribution , cell temperature estimation , Electric power distribution , Ambient temperature , ViPV , Irradiance , Wind power generation , mobile PV simulation , wind chill on PV , Energy distribution , Mathematical analysis , Photovoltaic cells , Solar cells , Energy use , Potential energy , Weather forecasting , Lorries
BKL: | 53.36 Energiedirektumwandler, elektrische Energiespeicher |
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