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PHYS 3158
Fundamentals of Renewable Energy
30-Jan-21
Latitude,
season and
daily
insolation
The daily insolation H is
the total energy per unit
area received on a surface
in one day from the Sun:
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Solar collectors
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Pyranometers
pyroheliometer
UFS
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Active
Chen 2011
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Energy conversion
Chen (2011) describes how Max Planck physics teacher taught the
concept of energy.
∆ = 7 = 89ℎ
;= 29ℎ
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∆ = 8; = = 89ℎ
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>? = @ − 7
Review of thermodynamics
Energy in the form of heat @ is linked with the heat flow @C
@= @C
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∆E ≥ 0
Carnot Cycle
Reference
Twidell, JW and Weir, AD. Renewable Energy Resources. 2015.
London: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
http://www.shahrsazionline.com/wp-
content/uploads/2016/01/Renewable_Energy_Resourceswww.shah
rsazionline.com_.pdf
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