Solar Irradiance data

Renewable Energy
EE414

Submitted by
Abdus Samad 2019027

Instructor: Dr. Hadeed Ahmed Sher

Faculty of Electrical Engineering

GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology
Topi, District Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. www.giki.edu.pk

October 2022

Problem Statement
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Download Solar Irradiance data from NREL’s website. Compute the integral of the
data over all values of the wavelength. Plot both the instantaneous irradiance and
accumulated/integrated irradiance over the entire range of available
wavelengths.

Solar Irradiance
Solar irradiance is often integrated over a given time period in order to report
the radiant energy emitted into the surrounding environment during that time
period. This integrated solar irradiance is called solar irradiation, solar
exposure, solar insolation, or insolation.

Code
Wavelength_imp = readtable(‘astmg173.xls’,’Range’,’A3:A2004’);

%Wavelength = table2array(Wavelength_imp);

Etr_imp = readtable(‘astmg173.xls’,’Range’,’B3:A2004’);

%Etr = table2array(Etr_imp);

Irr = int(Wavelength_imp, Etr_imp);

Subplot(2,1,1);

Plot(Wavelength_imp, Etr_imp);

Subplot(2,1,2);

Plot(Wavelength_imp, Irr);

Graph

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Conclusion
This graph shows the instantaneous irradiance and accumulated/integrated
irradiance over the entire range of available wavelengths.

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