Visualizing Interactions between Solar Photovoltaic Farms and the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Tushar M. Athawale; Brooke J. Stanislawski; Sudhanshu Sane; Chris R. Johnson

doi:10.1145/3447555.3466599

Visualizing Interactions between Solar Photovoltaic Farms and the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Tushar M. Athawale
, Brooke J. Stanislawski
, Sudhanshu Sane
, Chris R. Johnson

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2 Scopus citations

Abstract

The efficiency of solar panels depends on the operating temperature. As the panel temperature rises, efficiency drops. Thus, the solar energy community aims to understand the factors that influence the operating temperature, which include wind speed, wind direction, turbulence, ambient temperature, mounting configuration, and solar cell material. We use high-resolution numerical simulations to model the flow and thermal behavior of idealized solar farms. Because these simulations model such complex behavior, advanced visualization techniques are needed to investigate and understand the results. Here, we present advanced 3D visualizations of numerical simulation results to illustrate the flow and heat transport in an idealized solar farm. The findings can be used to understand how flow behavior influences module temperatures, and vice versa.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	e-Energy 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 12th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages	377-381
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450383332
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3447555.3466599
State	Published - Jun 22 2021
Externally published	Yes
Event	12th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems, e-Energy 2021 - Virtual, Online, Italy Duration: Jun 28 2021 → Jul 2 2021

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Name	e-Energy 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 12th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems

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Conference	12th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems, e-Energy 2021
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Virtual, Online
Period	06/28/21 → 07/2/21

Funding

This work is partially funded by the U.S. Department of Energy [grant number DE-EE0008168] and the Intel Graphics and Visualization Institutes of XeLLENCE. We also acknowledge the Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC) at the University of Utah for computing resources. We would like to thank Dr. Marc Calaf in the Wind, Energy & Turbulence lab at the University of Utah for providing us valuable insights on performing LES for solar farms.

Keywords

Solar panels
flow
heat transfer
large-eddy simulation
temperature

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Athawale, T. M., Stanislawski, B. J., Sane, S., & Johnson, C. R. (2021). Visualizing Interactions between Solar Photovoltaic Farms and the Atmospheric Boundary Layer. In e-Energy 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 12th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (pp. 377-381). (e-Energy 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 12th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3447555.3466599

Athawale, Tushar M. ; Stanislawski, Brooke J. ; Sane, Sudhanshu et al. / Visualizing Interactions between Solar Photovoltaic Farms and the Atmospheric Boundary Layer. e-Energy 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 12th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2021. pp. 377-381 (e-Energy 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 12th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems).

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Athawale, TM, Stanislawski, BJ, Sane, S & Johnson, CR 2021, Visualizing Interactions between Solar Photovoltaic Farms and the Atmospheric Boundary Layer. in e-Energy 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 12th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems. e-Energy 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 12th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, pp. 377-381, 12th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems, e-Energy 2021, Virtual, Online, Italy, 06/28/21. https://doi.org/10.1145/3447555.3466599

Visualizing Interactions between Solar Photovoltaic Farms and the Atmospheric Boundary Layer. / Athawale, Tushar M.; Stanislawski, Brooke J.; Sane, Sudhanshu et al.
e-Energy 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 12th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2021. p. 377-381 (e-Energy 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 12th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems).

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Athawale TM, Stanislawski BJ, Sane S, Johnson CR. Visualizing Interactions between Solar Photovoltaic Farms and the Atmospheric Boundary Layer. In e-Energy 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 12th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2021. p. 377-381. (e-Energy 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 12th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems). doi: 10.1145/3447555.3466599

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