Design and Optimization of Solar Carport Canopies for Maximum Power Generation and Efficiency at Bahawalpur

Table 1

Data analysis parameters [9, 12, 13].

Parameters	Values
Bahawalpur geographical slope angle	30°
Bahawalpur solar insolation	1981 kWh/m^2/year
Ground coverage ratio (GCR)	1.04
Row spacing	0.1 meter
Height	2.5 m
Temperature model	Sandia model
Transposition model	Perez model
Temperature model parameters	Rack type	Carport
		-3.56
		-0.075
	Temperature delta	3°C
Weather model	TMY, 10 km grid (Meteonorm)
Average ambient temperature	30.4°C