Ishola, Kazeem and Fealy, Rowan and Mills, Gerald and Fealy, Réamonn M. and Green, Stuart and Jimenez-Casteneda, Azucena and Adeyeri, Oluwafemi (2018) Developing regional calibration coefficients for estimation of hourly global solar radiation in Ireland. International Journal of Sustainable Energy, 38 (3). pp. 297-311.

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Abstract

This study proposed regional coefficients for estimating hourly global solar radiation through the adaptation of some empirical models that relate radiation to climatological and geographical variables. A total of 10 models were adapted over 7 stations in Ireland. The performance of the models was evaluated using some selected error indicators including the global performance index which combines all other error indices. The results indicated that the sunshine based regional calibration coefficients generated through a polynomial approach was most superior over other models with the lowest RMSE (0.2–0.3 MJm−2 hr−1), MAE (0.1–0.2 MJm−2 hr−1) and Pbias (0–7.0%) and highest R2 and KGE (>0.85). The study found no local effect such as instrumental siting, observational uncertainty and climate on the variations of these coefficients. This outcome will therefore facilitate the design of various local and/or regional solar energy applications at microscale in a temperate region.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Global radiation; calibration coefficient; solar energy applications;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units, ICARUS
Item ID:	10956
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1080/14786451.2018.1499645
Depositing User:	Rowan Fealy
Date Deposited:	24 Jul 2019 11:17
Journal or Publication Title:	International Journal of Sustainable Energy
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis Online
Refereed:	Yes
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Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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