Developing a Model of Solar Energy Performance

部落学院和大学计划（TCUP）的一个目标是提高为美国土著学生服务的特定高等教育机构的科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）教学和研究能力。扩大这些机构教师的研究努力，可以扩大学生在STEM领域追求具有挑战性、回报丰厚的职业的机会，为可能具有文化意义的领域提供研究，并鼓励社区和世代对科学和数学教育的欣赏。该项目直接符合这一目标，其设计将通过提供实验领域研究、数据收集和分析、基于stem的一般概念、技术报告写作和演讲技巧方面的培训，促进美国印第安学生的进步和进步。它可以为学生在竞争激烈和不断发展的可持续能源生产领域的职业生涯做好准备。此外，这项研究的结果可能会促进对太阳能性能和可靠性领域的认识和理解。它对制造商和消费者都有实际应用。潜在变革性研究的总体目标是探索影响太阳能组件性能和可靠性的气候因素，并为太阳能系统的性能、故障和可靠性评估制定框架。该项目将与阿贡国家实验室（ANL）合作实施，该实验室最近安装了最先进的太阳能比较研究设施，这是中西部地区的第一个此类设施。本研究的目标包括：(1)开发一个框架来模拟太阳能系统的效率和可靠性，以估计系统在任何给定时间点的性能，对于新的，特别是使用过的太阳能系统。(2)开发一种方法，将实际的原始连续光伏系统和天气数据（例如入射太阳辐射，温度，产生的直流电，逆变器转换的交流电）去噪并转换为有用的性能指标。(3)通过与太阳能系统实时性能数据的对比，验证太阳能系统性能模型的准确性。

A goal of the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) is to increase the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instructional and research capacities of specific institutions of higher education that serve the Nation's indigenous students. Expanding the research efforts of faculty at these institutions expands the opportunities of their students to pursue challenging, rewarding careers in STEM fields, provides for research studies in areas that may be culturally significant, and encourages a community and generational appreciation for science and mathematics education. This project aligns directly with that goal, using a design that will facilitate progression and advancement of American Indian students by providing training in experimental field research, data collection and analysis, general STEM-based concepts, technical report writing, and presentation skills. It can prepare students for careers in the competitive and growing field of sustainable energy production. Moreover, the results from this research may advance knowledge and understanding within the field of solar energy performance and reliability. It can have practical applications for both manufacturers and consumers.The overarching goal of the potentially transformative research is to explore climatic factors that affect solar module performance and reliability, and develop a framework for the performance, failure and reliability assessment of solar energy systems. This project will be implemented in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), which has recently installed a state-of-the-art solar energy comparative research facility, the first of its kind in the Midwest. The objectives of this research include (1) Develop a framework to model the efficiency and reliability of solar energy systems, to estimate the system performance at any given point in time, for new and in particular, used solar energy systems. (2) Develop a method to denoise and convert actual raw continuous PV system and weather data (e.g. incoming solar irradiation, temperature, generated DC electricity, inverter converted AC electricity) into useful performance metrics. (3) Verify the accuracy of the solar energy system performance model through comparison to real-time solar energy system performance data.