Evaluation of Two Solar Radiation Algorithms on 3D City Models for Calculating Photovoltaic Potential

Syed Monjur Murshed, Alexander Simons, Amy Lindsay, Solène Picard, Céline De Pin

2018

Abstract

Different algorithms are used to calculate solar irradiance on horizontal and vertical surfaces of the 3D city models. The goal of this paper is to evaluate the hourly solar irradiance calculated by two widely used algorithms in order to assess photovoltaic (PV) potential of the 3D city models. Both algorithms are implemented in an open source software infrastructure consisting of PostgreSQL database connected with PostGIS, Python, etc. The results show a significant variation of solar irradiances on horizontal, vertical and tilted surfaces. Finally, the justification of a particular algorithm to assess citywide PV potentials is made.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Murshed S., Simons A., Lindsay A., Picard S. and De Pin C. (2018). Evaluation of Two Solar Radiation Algorithms on 3D City Models for Calculating Photovoltaic Potential.In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management - Volume 1: GISTAM, ISBN 978-989-758-294-3, pages 296-303. DOI: 10.5220/0006789702960303

in Bibtex Style

@conference{gistam18,
author={Syed Monjur Murshed and Alexander Simons and Amy Lindsay and Solène Picard and Céline De Pin},
title={Evaluation of Two Solar Radiation Algorithms on 3D City Models for Calculating Photovoltaic Potential},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management - Volume 1: GISTAM,},
year={2018},
pages={296-303},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006789702960303},
isbn={978-989-758-294-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management - Volume 1: GISTAM,
TI - Evaluation of Two Solar Radiation Algorithms on 3D City Models for Calculating Photovoltaic Potential
SN - 978-989-758-294-3
AU - Murshed S.
AU - Simons A.
AU - Lindsay A.
AU - Picard S.
AU - De Pin C.
PY - 2018
SP - 296
EP - 303
DO - 10.5220/0006789702960303