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The results of the Sun’s UV radiation and stratospheric ozone layer thickness over the region of Novi Sad (Serbia) are reported. Monitoring the UV radiation and stratospheric ozone layer thickness started in 2003 and 2007 respectively. Results recorded during these years have been analyzed....
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This paper presents a solar radiation forecast technique based on fuzzy and neural networks, which aims to achieve a good accuracy at different weather conditions. The accuracy of forecasted solar radiation will affect the power output forecast of grid-connected photovoltaic systems which is...
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A model for computing monthly average daily diffuse radiation for Bangkok Thailand was developed. The development of the model was based on the analysis of global and diffuse radiation data collected from four solar monitoring stations located at different parts of Bangkok, with the data...
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Solar resource maps for use in solar energy applications have been produced for Myanmar. A satellite-based solar radiation model, originally developed for the tropics, was improved and applied for the region. A 13-year period (1998–2010) of imagery data from GMS 5, GOES 9 and MTSAT-1R...
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Most of solar radiation incident on a greenhouse is absorbed by greenhouse components (i.e., the cover, humid air, plants and soil) and the remaining portion is lost to outside the greenhouse. It is essential to know the absorbed and lost energy terms for any thermal analysis of greenhouses....
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The problem of flat plate solar energy collector with water flow is simulated and analyzed using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software. The considered case includes the CFD modeling of solar irradiation and the modes of mixed convection and radiation heat transfer between tube surface,...
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Field level experiments on solar drying of pineapple using solar tunnel drier were conducted at Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh. The drier consists of a transparent plastic covered flat plate collector and a drying tunnel connected in a series to supply hot air...
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A model for calculating global illuminance on horizontal surfaces from meteorological satellite data was developed. The data used for developing the model are global illuminance measured at four solar monitoring stations situated in different parts of Thailand and 8-bit digital data from visible...
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Major climatic data that are of direct relevance to the development of solar energy thermal conversion devices are ambient temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, sunshine hours and solar radiation. These meteorological data are linked directly to design optimisation and performance...
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This work aims at assessing the performances of four models for their relative merits in estimating diffuse solar radiation on tilted planes for a southern location (Reunion Island). This comparative study benefits from a sound and consistent experimental set-up and is more detailed than the...
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