Determining seasonal optimum tilt angles, solar radiations on variously oriented, single and double axis tracking surfaces at Dhaka

H.R. Ghosh, N.C. Bhowmik and M. Hussain

Renewable Energy, 2010, vol. 35, issue 6, 1292-1297

Abstract: The performance of a solar radiation conversion system is affected by its orientation and tilt angle with the horizontal plane. This is because both of these parameters change the amount of solar energy received by the surface of solar system. Three mathematical models- the Isotropic, the Klucher and the Perez model for the point source with parameters optimized for a variety of climatic conditions have been employed to determine hourly and seasonal optimum tilt angles. Theoretical optimum tilt angles (10° for Mar–Sep and 40° for Oct–Feb) were compared with measured data for Nov 2007 to Oct 2008 at Dhaka. The anisotropic Perez model showed least rmse of 0.09 for monthly tilt factor estimation. This model was also used for theoretical study of solar radiation on variously oriented, single axis and double axis tracking surfaces.

Keywords: Tilted surface; Tilt factor; Global radiation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (20)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148109005291
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:renene:v:35:y:2010:i:6:p:1292-1297

DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.11.041

Access Statistics for this article

Renewable Energy is currently edited by Soteris A. Kalogirou and Paul Christodoulides

More articles in Renewable Energy from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().