A new solar radiation data manual for flat-plate and concentrating collectors

Conference · Thu Jun 30 04:00:00 EDT 1994 · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States)

OSTI ID:7157662

Marion, W; Wilcox, S ^[1]

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1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401 (United States)

A new solar radiation data manual is nearing completion by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL's) Analytic Studies Division under the Solar Radiation Resource Assessment Project and the Photovoltaic Solar Radiation Research Task. These tasks are funded and monitored by the Photovoltaics Branch of the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The new manual is entitled [ital Solar] [ital Radiation] [ital Data] [ital Manual] [ital for] [ital Flat]-[ital Plate] [ital and] [ital Concentrating] [ital Collectors]. For designers and engineers of solar energy related systems, it gives the solar resource available for various types of collectors for 239 stations in the United States and its territories. The data in the manual are modeled using diffuse horizontal and direct beam solar radiation values from the National Solar Radiation Data Base (NSRDB). The NSRDB contains modeled (93%) and measured (7%) global horizontal, diffuse horizontal, and direct beam solar radiation for 1961--1990. This paper describes what is contained in the new data manual and how it was developed.

• OSTI ID: 7157662
• Report Number(s): CONF-9310273--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States) Journal Volume: 306:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140100* -- Solar Energy-- Resources & Availability
141000 -- Solar Collectors & Concentrators
COMPILED DATA
CONCENTRATING COLLECTORS
DATA
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
HUMIDITY
INFORMATION
MANUALS
NUMERICAL DATA
RADIATIONS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR RADIATION
STELLAR RADIATION
TEMPERATURE RANGE
WIND