In this paper, artificial neural network (ANN) models are developed for estimating monthly mean hourly and daily diffuse solar radiation. Solar radiation data from 10 Indian stations, having different climatic conditions, all over India have been used for training and testing the ANN model. The...

In this paper, an artificial neural network (ANN) model is developed for estimating beam solar radiation. Introducing a newly defined parameter, known as reference clearness index (RCI), computation of monthly mean daily beam solar radiation at normal incidence has been carried out. This RCI is...

In this article, we use the concept of artificial neural network and goal oriented design to propose a computer design tool that can help the designer to evaluate any aspect of earth-to-air heat exchanger and behavior of the final configuration. The present study focuses mostly on those aspects...