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09me 6266 Solar Engineering Assignment 1

This document outlines an assignment involving calculating various solar radiation metrics: 1) Estimating the sun's energy emission rate and the fraction intercepted by Earth to derive the solar constant. 2) Calculating angles of incidence of beam radiation at different orientations and locations. 3) Determining sunset/sunrise times and day lengths for various dates in Mumbai and Delhi. 4) Calculating angles of incidence for a concentrating collector oriented different ways. 5) Performing various calculations for February 16 in Kozhikode including day length, declination, angle of incidence variations, extraterrestrial radiation, and solar fraction within a wavelength range.

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09me 6266 Solar Engineering Assignment 1

This document outlines an assignment involving calculating various solar radiation metrics: 1) Estimating the sun's energy emission rate and the fraction intercepted by Earth to derive the solar constant. 2) Calculating angles of incidence of beam radiation at different orientations and locations. 3) Determining sunset/sunrise times and day lengths for various dates in Mumbai and Delhi. 4) Calculating angles of incidence for a concentrating collector oriented different ways. 5) Performing various calculations for February 16 in Kozhikode including day length, declination, angle of incidence variations, extraterrestrial radiation, and solar fraction within a wavelength range.

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09ME 6266 SOLAR ENGINEERING

Assignment 1

1. From the diameter and effective surface temperature of the sun, estimate the rate at which it
emits energy. What fraction of this emitted energy is intercepted by the earth? Estimate the
solar constant, given the mean earth-sun distance.

2. Calculate the angle of incidence of the beam solar radiation at 14.00 (2 PM ) solar time on
February 10 at latitude 23.45o on surfaces of the following orientations:
a) Horizontal
b) Sloped to south at 60o
c) Slope of 60o, facing 40o west of south
d) Vertical, facing south
e) Vertical, facing west

3. Determine the sunset hour angle and day length for Mumbai and for Delhi for the following
dates: a January 1, b March 22, c July 1, d mean day of February.

4. A concentrating collector is located at Φ = 27o and is rotated about a single axis so as to


always minimize the angle of incidence of beam radiation on it. On April 5, at solar times of
9 AM and noon, calculate the angle of incidence:
a) If the axis is horizontal and east-west
b) If the axis is horizontal and north-south
c) If the axis is parallel to the earth’s axis

5. For February 16 (the average day for February) in Kozhikode,


a) What is the day length and the sunrise hour angle?
b) What is the declination? Is it significantly different at sunrise and sunset?
c) How does theta, the angle of incidence of beam radiation, vary through the day for a
surface sloped to the south as the slope varies? Show plots of theta versus slope.
d) What is the extraterrestrial radiation on a horizontal surface for this day?
e) How does Io vary through this day?
f) For the hour 10 to 11 AM (solar time), how much of the extraterrestrial horizontal solar
radiation is in a wavelength range of 0.640 to 1.100 μm?
g) Express the result as a fraction of the total and as energy in watts per square meter.
h) At 10 AM solar time, what is the local clock time?

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