The Atmospheric Attenuation of Solar Energy

The attenuation of solar radiation by the atmosphere between the heliostat and receiver of a Central Receiver solar energy system has been computed for a number of atmospheric conditions and tower-heliostat distances. The most important atmospheric variable is found to be the atmospheric aerosol content. No dependence of atmospheric water vapor is …

Atmospheric Attenuation of Solar Radiation

The attenuation of solar radiation by the atmosphere between the heliostat and receiver of a Central Receiver solar energy system has been computed for a number of atmospheric conditions and tower-heliostat distances. The most important atmospheric variable is found to be the atmospheric aerosol content. No dependence of atmospheric water vapor is …

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How Solar Energy Affects the Earth''s Atmosphere

The sun provides energy for almost everything that happens on Earth. Scientists at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics put it clearly: "Solar radiation powers the complex and tightly coupled circulation dynamics, chemistry, and interactions among the atmosphere, oceans, ice, and land that maintain the ...

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AATTENUATION—The Atmospheric Attenuation Model for CSP Tower Plants: A Look-Up Table for Operational Implementation

energies Article AATTENUATION—The Atmospheric Attenuation Model for CSP Tower Plants: A Look-Up Table for Operational Implementation Natalie Hanrieder 1,*, Abdellatif Ghennioui 2, Stefan Wilbert 1, Manajit Sengupta 3 and Luis F. Zarzalejo 4 1 German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Solar Research, Paseo de Almería 73,2, 04001 …

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2 Effect of the atmosphere on solar irradiance

The use of solar energy requires precise insolation knowledge of the considered site. Solar irradiance depends on geographical and astronomical parameters and variable characteristics of the ...

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Global reduction of solar power generation efficiency due to …

We consider attenuation caused by both atmospheric PM and PM deposition on panels (soiling) in calculating the overall effect of PM on PV generation, and include precipitation removal of soiling ...

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Atmospheric Attenuation

Atmospheric attenuation occurs due to absorption or scattering of light due to particles present in the air. From: Solar Energy, 2021

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Attenuation of the solar energy by aerosol particles: A review and …

When the solar energy passes through the atmosphere gets attenuated by the constituent gases, suspended particles called aerosols and clouds. The most …

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Sensitivity study for modelling atmospheric attenuation of solar radiation with radiative transfer models and the impact in solar …

Visibility, aerosol conditions, and irradiance attenuation close to the ground—Comments on "Solar radiation attenuation in solar tower plants" by J. Ballestrin and A. Marzo, Solar Energy (2012) Sol. Energy

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Solar radiation attenuation in solar tower plants

The design conditions are for a large solar power tower plant at sea level in a rural environment in spring–summer. Under these conditions, the MODTRAN ground-level atmospheric pressure and temperature are 1013.25 mbar and 15.15 C.The tower is 100 m high and the slant range distances may be over 1 km.km.

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Numerical simulation of atmospheric transmittance between heliostats and heat receiver in Tower-Type solar thermal power …

The atmospheric transmittance from the heliostat to the receiver of a tower-type solar thermal power station can be obtained by simulating DNI on the surface and at the height of the receiver, combined with the zenith angle and the locations of the heat receiver and ...

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Assessment and improvement of modeling the atmospheric attenuation based on aerosol optical depth information with applicability to solar …

Most related items These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one. Salmon, Aloïs & Marzo, Aitor & Polo, Jesús & Ballestrín, Jesús & Carra, Elena & Alonso-Montesinos, Joaquín, 2022. "World map of low-layer atmospheric extinction values for solar power tower plants projects," Renewable …

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Assessment and improvement of modeling the atmospheric attenuation based on aerosol optical depth information with applicability to solar …

Large power plants involve towers around 200 m height and solar fields with radius up to 1–1.5 km. Ray-tracing and plant performance models usually implement the atmospheric attenuation as a third order polynomial function of the slant range.

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Solar attenuation by aerosols: An overview

Measurement of solar spectral irradiance is required in an increasingly wide variety of technical applications, such as atmospheric studies, health, and solar energy, among others. The solar spectral … Expand

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Spectral Distribution of Solar Radiation at the Earth''s Surface

Elterman, L., Atmospheric Attenuation, 1964, in the Ultraviolet, Visible, and Infrared Regions for Altitudes to 50 km, Environmental Research Papers 46 (1964). Google Scholar GATES, D.M., INFRARED TRANSMISSION OF THE ATMOSPHERE TO SOLAR RADIATION, APPLIED OPTICS 2 : 887 (1963).

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THE EFFECT OF CLOUDS ON SOLAR RADIATION ENERGY ATTENUATION

: Utilizing the data of solar radiation opserved at definite times everyday from 1958 to 1963 at 15 solar radiation stations in China and by two methods, i.e. by using eguation Qo=IoSinhO/1+fm and the correlation curve of atmospheric optical mass m and ...

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Attenuation processes of solar radiation. Application to the quantification of direct and diffuse solar …

The parameter used to quantify the solar radiation attenuation is known as atmospheric transmittance. Transmittance of a medium is defined as the ratio between the transmitted energy and the incident one upon it. This parameter is …

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Radiation and Optics in the Atmosphere | SpringerLink

The knowledge of a photon PDFs is of primary interest in the cloudy atmospheric radiative transfer, atmospheric absorption of solar radiation energy and thus for climate. The …

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Atmospheric attenuation measurement system for commercial …

We present, to the best of our knowledge, the first measurements of the atmospheric attenuation spectrum in a solar power plant. This system provides direct …

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Attenuation coefficient of usable solar radiation of the …

The availability of solar radiation in the upper ocean is important for both physical and biological processes. To quantify this amount of solar energy, conventionally the photosynthetic available radiation …

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Instrumental set-up to estimate the atmospheric attenuation along the slant path of concentrated solar …

As the broadband solar attenuation is of interest for solar resource assessment for concentrated solar power (CSP), a correction procedure for these two instruments is developed and tested.

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Numerical Evaluation of Solar Irradiance Attenuation for Concentrating Solar Power …

Among solar energy conversion systems, concentrating solar energy is a very promising technology, ... 2.1. Atmospheric Solar Attenuation Related to the Solar Tower As mentioned previously, the AOD ...

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Absorption of Solar Energy in the Atmosphere: Discrepancy

An atmospheric general circulation model, which assimilates data from daily observations of temperature, humidity, wind, and sea-level air pressure, was compared …

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Solar radiation attenuation by aerosol: application to solar farms | Air Quality, Atmosphere …

The use of solar energy requires precise insolation knowledge of the considered site. Solar irradiance depends on geographical and astronomical parameters and variable characteristics of the atmosphere such as aerosol or cloud charge, which has a very important attenuation and pollution role. This study presents the estimate of the …

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AATTENUATION-The Atmospheric Attenuation Model …

Attenuation of solar radiation between the receiver and the heliostat field in concentrated solar power (CSP) tower plants can reduce the overall system performance significantly.

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Modelling atmospheric attenuation at different AOD time-scales in yield performance of solar …

Optical losses in central receiver systems may be enhanced by the atmospheric attenuation taking place along the optical path between the heliostat mirrors and Jesús Polo, Joaquin Alonso-Montesinos, Gabriel López-Rodriguez, Jesús Ballestrín, Juan L. Bosch, Javier Barbero, Elena Carra, Jesús Fernández-Reche, Francisco J. …

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