Self shading and edge effect

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12 Dec 2019 16:29 #7843 by Neel Patel
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Dear Paul,

How does the self shading model in SAM consider the edge effect?
For example, PVsyst has an 'Unlimited sheds' option where the length of each row (in a subarray) is considered infinite and hence the edge effects can be neglected.
Does SAM account for edge effect at all or is it neglected all the times?

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Neel

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13 Dec 2019 22:59 #7844 by Paul Gilman
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Hi Neel,

SAM's self shading model neglects those effects. Please see Deline (2013) listed on the PV publications page for details about the model:

sam.nrel.gov/photovoltaic/pv-sub-page-2.html

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