Atmospheric Transmittance Model Validation for CSP Tower Plants

• Published in: Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 11; no. 9; p. 1083
• Main Authors: Hanrieder, Natalie, Ghennioui, Abdellatif, Alami Merrouni, Ahmed, Wilbert, Stefan, Wiesinger, Florian, Sengupta, Manajit, Zarzalejo, Luis, Schade, Alexander
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.05.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: Aerosols; Archives & records; Atmospheric boundary layer; atmospheric extinction; Atmospheric pressure; Attenuation; attenuation loss; Boundary layers; Broadband; central receiver; Climate; CSP; Data points; Datasets; Extinction; Irradiance; Laboratories; Lidar; Measurement methods; Model testing; OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; Plant design; Power plants; Relative humidity; Remote sensing; Root-mean-square errors; SOLAR ENERGY; Solar power; solar resource assessment; Transmittance; transmittance model; Water vapor; Weather forecasting; United Kingdom > UK; Morocco; Chile; United States > US; Germany; Spain

In yield analysis and plant design of concentrated solar power (CSP) tower plants, increased uncertainties are caused by the mostly unknown solar attenuation between the concentrating heliostat field and the receiver on top of the tower. This attenuation is caused mainly by aerosol particles and wat...