RBF-Trained POD-Accelerated CFD Analysis of Wind Loads on PV Systems

Victor Huayamave, Andres Ceballos, Carolina Barriento, Hubert Seigneur, Stephen Barkaszi, Eduardo Divo, Alain Kassab

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Abstract

Wind loading calculations are currently performed according to the ASCE 7 standard. Values in this standard were estimated from simplified models that do not necessarily take into account relevant flow characteristics. Thus, the standard does not have provisions to handle the majority of rooftop photovoltaic (PV) systems. Accurate solutions for this problem can be produced using a full-fledged three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. Unfortunately, CFD requires enormous computation times, and its use would be unsuitable for this application which requires real-time solutions. To this end, a real-time response framework based on the proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) method is proposed.
Original languageAmerican English
JournalInternational Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow
Volume27
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2017

Keywords

  • computational fluid mechanics
  • photovoltaic systems
  • proper orthogonal decomposition

Disciplines

  • Computational Engineering
  • Controls and Control Theory
  • Fluid Dynamics

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