ME 460 Alternate Energy Sources Worksheet: 5 (6Apr23)

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Worksheet to be submitted at the end of class

1. Calculate the angle made by beam radiation with the normal to a flat plate collector (θ) on
April 6’2023 at 1630h. The plate is located in Hyderabad (17.387140 N, 78.491684 E) and is
tilted at an angle of 350 with the horizontal and is pointing due south.
Find the declination angle, hour angle and the time from sunrise to sunset.
Also find the hour angle and θ at 12 noon on April 6’2023 for a plate angle of 170.
Draw the schematic of earth position wrt sun along with plane surface orientation and name angles.

tm the time in minutes after local solar noon

Cos θ = Sin φ. (Sin δ. cos β+ Cos δ. Cos γ. Cos ω. Sinβ)
+ Cos φ. (Cos δ. Cos ω. cos β - Sin δ. Cos γ. Sinβ)
+ Cos δ. Sin γ. Sin ω. Sinβ

Date April 6'23 April 6'23

nth day from Jan 96 96
Latitude, North φ 17.38714 17.38714
Time 16.5 12
Hour angle, degrees ω 67.5 0
Declination δ 5.5819 5.5819
Surface inclination β 35 17.00
Plane angle with south γ 0 0
Cos (theta) 0.333583 0.995893
theta 70.514 5.195

Day duration, hrs 12.23 12.23

Sun rise time AM 5.88 5.88
Sunset time PM 18.117 18.117
Day length (2* ωs/15) =2/15* Cos-1 ( - tan φ .tan δ)

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Faculty: Dr Bhaskar Tamma 1