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 | Photovoltaic | Direct, solid-state Photon to Electron conversion | Energy (Electricity) | | Photovoltaic | Direct, solid-state Photon to Electron conversion | Energy (Electricity) |
  
-Therefore knowledge about global solar radiation (Rs) is of fundamental importance for human life on earth. We're depending very much on knowing how much solar energy can be harvested on given point on our planet's surface. Yet we still commonly refer and are taught to use 1000 W/m2 on any point on Earth, as a clear-sky reference value.+Therefore knowledge about global solar radiation (Rs) is of fundamental importance for human life on earth in general and for this project to predict how much Solar (PV) energy we can harvest at any given deployment site in particular, so we depend very much on knowing how much solar energy can be harvested as clear-sky day maximum, for a specific location on our planet's surface.  
 + 
 +Yet we still commonly refer and are taught to use 1000 W/m2 on any point on Earth, as a clear-sky reference value. Even the Watt-Peak value, PV-Panel manufacturers put into their datasheets, is virtually always based only on 1000 W/m2. But how do we actually calculate the output we may generate with a given surface/technology, if we don't know what our clear-sky (Rs)max for a specific location and time will be?
  
 <html><img src="/_media/lab:ucsspm-header.jpg" alt="UCSSPM - Unified Clear-Sky Solar-Output Prediction Model - Open Algorithms for an open future" title="UCSSPM - Unified Clear-Sky Solar-Output Prediction Model - Open Algorithms for an open future" /></html> <html><img src="/_media/lab:ucsspm-header.jpg" alt="UCSSPM - Unified Clear-Sky Solar-Output Prediction Model - Open Algorithms for an open future" title="UCSSPM - Unified Clear-Sky Solar-Output Prediction Model - Open Algorithms for an open future" /></html>
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   * Keep PV panels at optimum elevation without a separate optical solar tracker   * Keep PV panels at optimum elevation without a separate optical solar tracker
  
-{{:lab:ucsspm-test-dashboard.jpg|Live & UCSSPM metrics on VFCC dashboard}}+The first full clear sky day since the beginning of data collection has been on 2015-01-13 and the prediction results definitely look very promising as we can see on the following dashboard screenshot: 
 + 
 +{{:lab:ucsspm-clear-sky-solar-prediction-on-a-clear-sky-day.jpg|First clear-sky day prediction result compared to reference pyranometer measurements on VFCC Dashboard}} 
 + 
 +Another random screenshot from 2016-10-31: 
 + 
 +{{:lab:ucsspm-clear-sky-day-solar-prediction-longterm.jpg||Another clear-sky day prediction result compared to reference pyranometer measurements on VFCC Dashboard}}
  
 Long term PV (live & UCSSPM) metrics are collected and accessible on these [[https://apollo.open-resource.org/flight-control/vfcc/|VFCC]] dashboards: Long term PV (live & UCSSPM) metrics are collected and accessible on these [[https://apollo.open-resource.org/flight-control/vfcc/|VFCC]] dashboards:
  
 <WRAP round tip> <WRAP round tip>
-  * [[https://apollo.open-resource.org/flight-control/vfcc/#/dashboard/db/odyssey-solar-power|Odyssey - Solar Power Dashboard]] +  * [[https://apollo.open-resource.org/flight-control/vfcc/dashboard/db/odyssey-solar-power|Odyssey - Solar Power Dashboard]] 
-  * [[https://apollo.open-resource.org/flight-control/vfcc/#/dashboard/db/aquarius-solar-power|Aquarius - Solar Power Dashboard]]+  * [[https://apollo.open-resource.org/flight-control/vfcc/dashboard/db/aquarius-solar-power|Aquarius - Solar Power Dashboard]]
 </WRAP> </WRAP>
  
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     sys.exit        (rc)     sys.exit        (rc)
 </sxh> </sxh>
-===== Usage =====+ 
 +===== Installation ===== 
 + 
 +This should work on any operating system with Python 2.7 installed. Other python versions haven't been tested yet. 
 + 
 + 
 +You can either clone the whole repo with documentation with
  
 <code> <code>
-$ ./ucsspm.py -v -pv_t 16 +$ git clone https://github.com/apollo-ng/UCSSPM.git 
--------------------------------------------------------------------- +$ cd UCSSPM 
-15.11.2014 319 | 12.875000 |  +</code> 
--------------------------------------------------------------------- + 
-Solar Constant                               : 1361.0 +or just download the script itself 
-Atmospheric turbidity coefficient            : 0.95 + 
--------------------------------------------------------------------- +<code> 
-Equation of time                             : 15.6165056158 min +$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apollo-ng/UCSSPM/master/ucsspm.py 
-Inverse relative distance factor             : 1.00277104587 +</code> 
-Sun declination                              : -18.2528587° + 
-Solar Noon                                   : 11.7397249064  +===== Usage Example ===== 
-Barometric Pressure at site                  : 101.325 kPa + 
-Estimated Vapor Pressure at site             : 1.58351726536 kPa +<code> 
-Estimated extraterrestrial Radiation         : 511.570656859 kW/m² +$ ./ucsspm.py -v -pv_t 16 -at_t 9.3 -at_p 945.5 -at_h 81 
-Estimated precipitable water in Atmosphere   : 24.5629841677 mm +--------+-------------------------------------------------------- 
-Clearness index for direct beam radiation    : 0.433768605367 + UCSSPM Clear-Sky Prediction for 2014-11-15 @ 13:31:36 
-Transmissivity index for diffuse radiation   : 0.193843302068 +--------+-------------------------------------------------------- 
--------------------------------------------------------------- + Solar Constant                               : 1361.0 kW/m² @ 1AU 
-Model estimated Global solar radiation (Rs)  321.W/m² + Atmospheric turbidity coefficient            : 0.95 
-Optimum Elevation of PV-Panel                : 68. +----------------------------------------------------------------- 
-Model estimated Max. PV-Power Output         107.W @ 20% Mod Eff + Equation of time                             : 15.6165056158 min 
-Model estimated PV-Module temp convgain    : +3.W / 3.1% + Inverse relative distance factor             : 1.00277104587 
-Model estimated PV-Module aging loss         : -2.+ Sun declination                              : -18.2528587° 
--------------------------------------------------------------- + Solar Noon                                   : 11.7397249064  
-Model estimated Real PV-Power Output         108.5 W+ Barometric Pressure at site                  : 94.55 kPa 
 + Estimated Vapor Pressure at site             : 0.948698993906 kPa 
 + Estimated Extraterrestrial Radiation         : 456.410564923 W/m² 
 + Estimated precipitable water in Atmosphere   : 14.6579285823 mm 
 + Clearness index for direct beam radiation    : 0.451609480011 
 + Transmissivity index for diffuse radiation   : 0.187420587196 
 +----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 + Estimated Max. global solar radiation (Rs)   291.W/m² 
 +----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 + Optimum Elevation of PV-Panel                : 70. 
 + Estimated Max. Clear-Sky PV-Power Output     97.W @ 20% Peff 
 + PV-Panel temperature (16.0 °C) compensation  + 3.W / 3.1% 
 + PV-Panel aging loss                          1.
 +----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 + Compensated Max. Clear-Sky PV-Power Output   98.5 W
 </code> </code>
  
 ===== Development / Sources / Issue-Tracking ===== ===== Development / Sources / Issue-Tracking =====
  
-Anyone interested is of course also invited to download the software and play/use/verify/optimize as well. Feedback, PR's and everything else that can increase precision/usability are always welcome:+Anyone interested is of course also invited to download the software and play/use/verify/optimize as well. Feedback, PR's and everything else that might increase precision/usability are always welcome:
  
 https://github.com/apollo-ng/UCSSPM https://github.com/apollo-ng/UCSSPM
 +
 +===== In the Wild =====
 +
 +  * [[https://2017.spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/earth-and-us/you-are-my-sunshine/teams/solarmeerkat/project|Solar Meerkat (NASA 2017 Space Apps Challenge)]]
 +
 +If you're using the UCSSPM in your application too, let us know.
 +
 +===== Roadmap =====
 +
 +  * Integrate long-term simulation/reference data into VFCC [DONE]
 +  * **Refactor into a python lib to be used either standalone or linked into python code [NEXT]**
 +  * Create a pip package for that lib
 +
  
 ~~DISCUSSION~~ ~~DISCUSSION~~
  
-{{tag>research solar radiation energy prediction software power algorithm python}}+{{tag>research solar radiation energy prediction software power algorithm python simulation}} 
 + 
 +{{keywords>Apollo-NG hackerspace hacker space development makerspace fablab lab community open-resource open resource mobile hackbus hackbase research solar radiation energy prediction software power algorithm python simulation}}