The Effect of Collector Shading and Masking on Optimized PV Field Designs

Photovoltaic (PV) solar fields are deployed with multiple rows. The second and subsequent rows are subject to shading and masking by the rows in front. The direct beam incident radiation on the second row is affected by shading and the diffuse incident radiation is affected by masking, expressed by...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Avi Aronescu, Joseph Appelbaum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-09-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/18/3471