Optimizing tilt angle of PV modules for different locations using isotropic and anisotropic models to maximize power output
Muhammad Tamoor, Abdul Rauf Bhatti, Muhammad Farhan, Akhtar Rasool, Abdulkerim Sherefa · 2024
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Muhammad Tamoor and co-authors find the best tilt for solar panels in six Pakistani cities. Their 2024 paper models sunlight on sloped surfaces two ways, one simple and spread, one direction-aware. Summer readings matched across models, but the direction-aware model won in winter, gaining nearly fifteen percent in January. Monthly best tilts spanned from near flat to the high fifties in degrees.
Yearly best angles landed between about twenty-five and thirty-three degrees by city. A test array run at monthly tilts beat the fixed yearly tilt by roughly nine to ten percent in output. The authors offer the tables to installers who chase every watt across climate zones.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Muhammad Tamoor, Abdul Rauf Bhatti, Muhammad Farhan, Akhtar Rasool, Abdulkerim Sherefa |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 106 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |