Munoz, M.N., Ballantyne, E.E.F. orcid.org/0000-0003-4665-0941 and Stone, D.A. orcid.org/0000-0002-5770-3917 (2022) Development and evaluation of empirical models for the estimation of hourly horizontal diffuse solar irradiance in the United Kingdom. Energy, 241. 122820. ISSN 0360-5442
Abstract
Solar irradiation data is required in many applications to obtain the solar energy output. However, solar irradiation data is not always available, especially horizontal surface diffuse solar irradiation. This has led to the creation of empirical solar models to predict these values. The aim of this paper is to develop an empirical model for the estimation of hourly diffuse solar irradiance on horizontal surfaces. Initially, a set of existing empirical models have been evaluated to test their accuracy. New models have been developed based on ground level measurements of global and diffuse horizontal solar irradiation that have been obtained from three different regions of the United Kingdom: South Yorkshire, Norfolk, and West Sussex for a period between 1982 and 1999. The models created for each region correlate the diffuse fraction (kd) and the clearness index (kt), for the estimation of hourly diffuse solar irradiance on horizontal surfaces. The models developed for the three regions were evaluated to test their accuracy using error histograms and by contrasting different datasets. Finally, a comparison of the new models to the existing empirical models showed that the new developed correlations significantly improved the existing empirical models for the three regions evaluated in this study.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Energy. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Solar radiation; Clearness index; Hourly diffuse irradiance; Empirical model |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Sheffield) The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 10 Dec 2021 17:17 |
Last Modified: | 07 Dec 2022 01:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.energy.2021.122820 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:181460 |
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