Optimization of Performance Specifications Based on Environmental Parameters

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

2009

Publication Title

UECTC'09 - Proceedings of 2009 US-EU-China Thermophysics Conference - Renewable Energy

Publisher

ASME

Abstract

The paper presents data showing the relationship between the sun's energy and environmental design parameters such as wind, temperature, and humidity. Each of the environmental parameters was divided into intervals and the amount of the sun's direct normal energy in each interval was calculated. Density functions of the sun's energy were calculated for wind, temperature, and humidity for each month of the year. This was done for a number of sites in the Southwest. Composite density functions were also calculated for the year and are presented and discussed in this paper.

Keywords

Solar energy; Solar radiation; Southwest; New; Weather

Disciplines

Energy Systems | Mechanical Engineering | Meteorology | Oil, Gas, and Energy | Sustainability

Language

English

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