A spatiotemporal universal model for the prediction of the global solar radiation based on Fourier series and the site altitude

Kaplani, Eleni ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4987-4388, Kaplanis, Socrates and Mondal, Sourav (2018) A spatiotemporal universal model for the prediction of the global solar radiation based on Fourier series and the site altitude. Renewable Energy, 126. pp. 933-942. ISSN 0960-1481

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Abstract

This paper presents the development, testing and validation of a novel generic type universal model consisting of a set of sine and cosine harmonics in the temporal and spatial domain suitably parameterized for the prediction of the mean expected global solar radiation H(n,φ) on the horizontal for a day, n, at any latitude φ. Its prediction power is further enhanced with the introduction of a correction term for the site altitude taking into account the φ dependent atmospheric height. Solar radiation data from 53 stations around the earth were obtained from GEBA database to train the model. H(n,φ) is expressed by a Fourier series of compact form with the zero frequency component dependent on φ providing the main spatial dependence and two n dependent harmonics in the form of cosine functions giving the time dependence. The φ dependent model parameters follow symmetry rules and are expressed by Fourier series up to the 3rd order harmonic. The 3D spatiotemporal profile of the model is in agreement to the extraterrestrial one. The model was validated using GEBA data from additional 28 sites and compared with NASA, PVGIS and SoDa data, showing the robustness, reliability and prediction accuracy of the proposed model.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	solar radiation prediction,universal model,fourier series,site altitude,atmospheric height
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Mathematics
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	16 Apr 2018 11:33
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 03:43
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/66770
DOI:	10.1016/j.renene.2018.04.005

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