TY - GEN
T1 - Cloud motion estimation for short term solar irradiation prediction
AU - Huang, Hao
AU - Xu, Jin
AU - Peng, Zhenzhou
AU - Yoo, Shinjae
AU - Yu, Dantong
AU - Huang, Dong
AU - Qin, Hong
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Variability of solar energy is the most significant issue for integrating solar energy into the power Grid. There are pressing demands to develop methods to accurately estimate cloud motion that directly affects the stability of solar power output. We propose a solar prediction system that can detect cloud movements from the TSI (total sky imager) images, and then estimate the future cloud position over solar panels and subsequent solar irradiance fluctuations incurred by cloud transients. The experiment studies show that our proposed approach significantly improves the quality of cloud motion estimation within a time window (up to a few minutes) that is sufficient for grid operators to take actions to mitigate the solar power volatility.
AB - Variability of solar energy is the most significant issue for integrating solar energy into the power Grid. There are pressing demands to develop methods to accurately estimate cloud motion that directly affects the stability of solar power output. We propose a solar prediction system that can detect cloud movements from the TSI (total sky imager) images, and then estimate the future cloud position over solar panels and subsequent solar irradiance fluctuations incurred by cloud transients. The experiment studies show that our proposed approach significantly improves the quality of cloud motion estimation within a time window (up to a few minutes) that is sufficient for grid operators to take actions to mitigate the solar power volatility.
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U2 - 10.1109/SmartGridComm.2013.6688040
DO - 10.1109/SmartGridComm.2013.6688040
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84893530317
SN - 9781479915262
T3 - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications, SmartGridComm 2013
SP - 696
EP - 701
BT - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications, SmartGridComm 2013
T2 - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications, SmartGridComm 2013
Y2 - 21 October 2013 through 24 October 2013
ER -