Zhang, C;
Shen, C;
Yang, Q;
Wei, S;
Lv, G;
Sun, C;
(2020)
An investigation on the attenuation effect of air pollution on regional solar radiation.
Renewable Energy
, 161
pp. 570-578.
10.1016/j.renene.2020.07.146.
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Abstract
Due to the continuous increase of environmental pollution in recent years, the high concentration of particulate matters in air has greatly reduced the amount of solar radiation that can reach the earth, and this reduction has a direct effect on the use of solar energy in buildings. To quantify this attenuation effect, historical meteorological data collected from five regions, namely, Beijing, Tianjin, Jinan, Xi’an and Zhengzhou, in China from 2014 to 2016 were used to investigate the correlation between clearness index (reflecting available radiation) and air quality index (reflecting pollution level). The analysis results have revealed that higher air quality index would result in lower clearness index, and the sunny days gave higher decreasing rate than cloudy days. For all five regions, their monthly clearness index attenuation showed higher values in winter than that in summer. The monthly solar radiation attenuation, however, showed an opposite trend, due to higher solar altitude in summer. Additionally, different regions had different annual solar radiation attenuation ratio, with Tianjin giving the highest of 6.56% (651.17 MJ/m^{2}, ollowed by Beijing (3.92%, 410.08 MJ/m2), Xi’an (4.94%, 510.42 MJ/m^{2}, Zhengzhou (3.99%, 427.64 MJ/m^{2} nd Jinan (2.69%, 284.66 MJ/m^{2}).
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | An investigation on the attenuation effect of air pollution on regional solar radiation |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.renene.2020.07.146 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.07.146 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Air pollution, Air quality index, Particulate matters, Solar radiation attenuation |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10107817 |
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