A Python module do simple modelling in the field of solar energy
Project description
SolarEnergy
A Python module to do simple modelling in the field of solar energy. The code is being developped by Marc van der Sluys of the department of astrophysics of the Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands and the department of Sustainable energy of the HAN University of Applied Sciences in Arnhem, the Netherlands.
Installation
This package can be installed using pip install solarenergy
. This should automatically install the
dependency packages pytz
, numpy
and soltrack
if they haven't been installed already. If you are
installing by hand, ensure that these packages are installed as well.
Example use
import solarenergy as se
import numpy as np
r2d = 180/np.pi # Multiplication factor to convert radians to degrees
d2r = 1/r2d # Multiplication factor to convert degrees to radians
# Location of my solar panels:
geoLon = 5*d2r # Geographic longitude (>0 for eastern hemisphere; ° -> rad)
geoLat = 52*d2r # Geographic latitude (>0 for northern hemisphere; ° -> rad)
# Orientation of my solar panels:
spAz = -2*d2r # Azimuth ('wind direction') of my panels are facing. Note: South=0, W=90° (pi/2 rad) in the northern hemisphere! (rad)
spIncl = 28*d2r # Inclination of my panels w.r.t. the horizontal (rad)
# An hour past noon local time on 1 March 2020:
myTZ = 'Europe/Amsterdam'
year = 2020
month = 3
day = 1
hour = 13
# Compute Sun position (uses SolTrack behind the scenes):
sunAz,sunAlt,sunDist = se.computeSunPos(geoLon,geoLat, year,month,day, hour, timezone=myTZ)
AM = se.airmass(sunAlt) # Air mass for this Sun altitude
extFac = se.extinctionFactor(AM) # Extinction factor at sea level for this airmass
cosTheta = se.cosAngleSunPanels(spAz,spIncl, sunAz,sunAlt) # cos of the angle with which Sun hits my panels
solConst = 1361.5 / sunDist**2 # Solar constant, scaled with solar distance
DNI = solConst / extFac # DNI for a clear sky
dirRad = DNI * cosTheta # Insolation of direct sunlight on my panels
# Print input and output:
print("Location: %0.3lf E, %0.3lf N" % (geoLon*r2d, geoLat*r2d))
print("Date: %4d-%2.2d-%2.2d" % (year, month, day))
print("Time: %2d:00" % (hour))
print()
print("Sun azimuth: %7.3lf°" % (sunAz*r2d))
print("Sun altitude: %7.3lf°" % (sunAlt*r2d))
print("Sun distance: %7.4lf AU" % (sunDist))
print()
print("Air mass: %7.3lf" % (AM))
print("Extinction factor: %7.3lf" % (extFac))
print("Sun-panels angle: %7.1lf°" % (np.arccos(cosTheta)*r2d))
print()
print("Solar constant: %7.1lf W/m²" % (solConst))
print("DNI: %7.1lf W/m²" % (DNI))
print("Direct insolation: %7.1lf W/m²" % (dirRad))
print()
SolarEnergy pages
Author and licence
- Author: Marc van der Sluys
- Contact: http://han.vandersluys.nl/en/
- Licence: GPLv3+
References
- This Python code is adapted from the Fortran implementation in libTheSky, which contains many references.
- Celestial mechanics in a nutshell (CMiaNS)
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