This study aims to elucidate the influence of terrain slope on wind pressure distribution and wind load shape coefficients of PV modules through computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations using FLUENT software. The Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations coupled with the shear stress transport (SST) turbulence model were employed to investigate the wind pressure distribution patterns and wind load shape coefficients under various configurations
including different PV module inclination angles
wind direction angles
and terrain slopes. The findings reveal that both wind direction angle and mounting inclination angle significantly influence the wind load magnitude on PV modules across different terrain slopes. While terrain features induce wind bypass effects
these effects gradually diminish with increasing column height. Furthermore
under various slope conditions and mounting inclinations
single-string PV modules consistently exhibit higher shape coefficients compared to PV array configurations. The investigation also demonstrates substantial shading effects within PV arrays
resulting in distinctive wind load characteristics for subsequent rows. Specifically
the shape coefficients experience maximum attenuations of 70% and 66% for the second and third rows of PV modules
respectively. However
the presence of terrain slope significantly mitigates these shading effects
reducing the maximum attenuation by up to 45%.
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