CAIRO UNIVERSITY

FACULITY OF ENGINEERING

MECHANICAL POWER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

ASSIGNMENT #3
Table 1: Table showing quantitative statistics for each of nine measured parameters
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Effective sky temperature °C Direct normal irradiance W/m Global horizontal irradiance W/m2
March,21 June, 21 september,21 December,21 March,21 June, 21 september,21 December,21 March,21 June, 21 september,21 December,21

mean -0.7 17.5 11.7 -5.4 277.2 341.6 209.9 175.7 261.4 333.4 229.0 137.7
median 0.5 17.6 13.4 -4.8 0.0 287.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 119.6 0.6 0.0
standard deviation 4.0 3.4 3.3 2.8 345.8 345.5 244.5 253.7 346.7 385.7 294.7 205.8
maximum 6.2 23.2 15.5 1.1 884.0 876.7 668.9 769.2 929.2 1025.1 848.9 633.7
minimum -8.6 11.3 5.8 -12.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Diffuse horizontal irradiance W/m2 Ambeint Air Tempreture °C Relative Humidity %
March,21 June, 21 september,21 December,21 March,21 June, 21 september,21 December,21 March,21 June, 21 september,21 December,21
mean 69.1 74.5 87.9 53.8 19.7 29.7 28.2 15.7 58.7 47.4 54.8 61.0
median 0.0 51.9 0.7 0.0 19.5 29.0 27.6 15.4 62.0 48.0 55.3 64.2
standard deviation 80.7 75.8 106.4 78.7 5.6 4.9 4.5 3.6 23.4 17.4 16.0 12.6
maximum 249.8 208.3 300.1 298.3 28.3 37.8 35.4 21.8 91.8 74.2 76.6 80.9
minimum 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 23.2 22.5 10.5 25.9 23.9 32.8 41.5
Barometric Pressure hPa Wind Speed m/s Wind Direction °N
March,21 June, 21 september,21 December,21 March,21 June, 21 september,21 December,21 March,21 June, 21 september,21 December,21
mean 1001.9 997.7 1001.4 1008.4 2.6 2.9 2.7 2.8 57.7 198.4 178.2 193.0
median 1002.3 997.8 1001.6 1008.3 2.5 2.6 2.9 2.4 33.5 178.0 193.3 195.9
standard deviation 1.8 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 61.0 112.8 84.7 47.5
maximum 1004.6 999.1 1002.4 1009.6 4.3 4.7 4.5 4.6 197.9 352.7 350.9 292.2
minimum 999.3 995.0 1000.0 1007.4 0.8 1.3 1.1 1.8 3.8 2.1 5.2 84.0
Figure 1: Graph of variation against time
Figure 2: Plot of the variation of ambient air temperature for the four days
 Variation Vs Time(hr)
30

20

10
variation

0
0.000 5.000 10.000 15.000 20.000 25.000 30.000
-10

-20

-30
Time(hrs)

variation relative humidity variation barometric

Figure 3: Graph of variations of relative humidity and barometric pressure during the third day
 Window speed(m/s) Vs Time(hrs)
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4.5
4
Wind speed(m/s)

3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
0.000 5.000 10.000 15.000 20.000 25.000 30.000
Time(hrs)

Figure 4: Plot of window rose on the first day (March, 21)

 Average Effective sky temperature °C Vs
Time(hrs)

22.500
20.000
17.500
Time(hrs)

15.000
12.500
10.000
7.500
5.000
2.500
0.000
-15.000 -10.000 -5.000 0.000 5.000 10.000 15.000 20.000 25.000
average sky temperatures

Figure 5: Bar plot of the average sky temperatures of the four days at each of the 24 hours
Figure 6: The histogram of the diffuse fraction during the four days
Figure 7: A scatter plot showing the relation between the parameters (GHI-DHI) and (DNI*cos(θ))
Figure 8: Pie charts of the four days showing the percentage of the day length of the ambient air
temperature
Figure 9: Graph plotted from the digitized data
Figure 10: Schematic drawing
Figure 11: Screenshot of the working file(excel)
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figure 12: Screenshot of digitizing tool

Figure 13: Screenshot of drawio which was used to draw the schematics