Corrigenda for Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, Fourth Ed.

J. A. Duffie and W. A. Beckman

10/20/2014

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Where
Table1.6.1
Example 1.6.1
Example 1.9.1
Table 2.6.1
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First line of Solution
Table header
3rd line of Solution
Table header
2nd line after eqn
last line
Part C solution
Column mid should be
at midpoint should be
Eqn 5.11.1
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10 lines up from bottom
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6 lines up from bottom
2nd line up from bottom
Line above Solution
Eqn 6.4.8
Third eqn from bottom
Line 4 from top
Third eqn for q
Eqn for F (mid page)
Eqn for h
Result of p calculation
Eqn for slope
Eqn 6.19.4a
Eqn for hfi
Back-insulation thickness
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11 lines from bottom
Last Eqn on page
Eqn for i i

First Printing
Change
The values for were obtained using Eqn 1.6.1a
Cos = 0.818
Latitude is 45
Add a zero to the last 6 entries of the Midpoint column 2192190
2 75.0 should be 2 = 75.0
0.224 should be 0.244
s should be g
kT should be kT
K T should be kT
kT should be kT
1.58 should be 0.158
6.2 should be 5.4.
0.416, 0.492, 0.559, 0.627, 0.700, 0.786, 0.885, 1.038, 1.257, 1.750
0.42, 0.49, 0.56. 0.63, 0.70, 0.79, 0.89, 1.04, 1.26, 1,75
+Ai should be /Ai
0.7 should be 0.3
1.62 should be 0.70 and 9.18 should be 8.26
12.2 should be 10.84
8.18/12.2 = 0.75 should be 8.26/10.84 = 0.76
75% should be 76%
Should read: Instantaneous noon-time measured
Add: g is 0.2
Second Tj should be Ti
(Tp Tc) should be (Tp + Tc)
Change g to c
Change p to c
Missing exponent of 1 on (1/22 + 1/8.3)
Exponent should be -1.21
Change 307 Pa to 30.7 Pa
7.62 should be 7.62
The 1+ should be like the 1+ of Eqn 6.19.5a
8.09 should be 8.9
0.007 m should be 0.07 m
Should read: The effective sky temperature
Change 19.75C to 19.75
Second Ti should be Ti-1
30.7 should be 30.8

Corrigenda for Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, Third Ed.

J. A. Duffie and W. A. Beckman
3/28/2013
Third and subsequent Printings
Page Where
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Table 1.3.1b 1st row
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28
36
62
66
71
90

91

93

Change
Change "0.3000.364" to "0.2500.364"
cos 70.3sin 43 sin(2.4)
Equation for s
s = SIGN ( 60 ) cos 1
= 66.8
sin 70.3cos 43

Equation for Rb
Change sin 10 in denominator to sin 40
First line after Solution
Change (2.87-1.05)/1.82 to (1.82/(2.87-1.05))
15 lines from top
Change 1 mm to 1m
Second line after Solution Change Figure 1.10.1 to either Table or Figure 1.10.1
End of Example 2.8.2
Add black square after table.
First lines of Solution
Io=2.34, kT=1.04/2.34 = 0.445, Id /I=0.766
Third line of Solution
Id = 0.766 1.04 = 0.796
Fourth line of Solution
Ib = 0.234 1.04 = 0.244
Eqn for IT
0.253 should be 0.244 and 0.787 should be 0.796
Next row
= 0.417 + 0.597 + 0.156 = 1.17 MJ/m2
Next 2 row
Change 0.433 to 0.417, 0.590 to 0.597 and 1.18 to 1.17
Example 2.16.1 Solution From Example 2.15.1, I = 1.04 MJ/m2, Ib = 0.244 MJ/m2,
Id = 0.796 MJ/m2, Io = 2.34 MJ/m2, and Rb = 1.71.
From Equation 2.16.3,
Ai = 0.244/2.34 = 0.104
The modulating factor f, from Equation 2.16.6, is
f = 0.244 1.04 = 0.484
Then from Equation 2.16.7,
IT = ( 0.244 + 0.796 0.104 )1.71
1 + cos 60
3
+0.796 (1 0.104 )
1 + 0.484 sin 30
2

1 cos 60
+1.04 0.60

104 Example 2.19.1

105 Table header
123 Equation 2.23.3
Equation 2.23.4
126 Eqn 2.23.5a

= 0.559 + 0.567 + 0.156 = 1.28 MJ/m 2

Remove extra ) after last 60 in Eqn for H T
s should be g
First Rd should be Rb.
Second H should be H d .
Insert large square bracket before first ( and after last )
Add absolute value bar to left hand side of Otherwise

Eqn 2.23.5c
Eqn 2.23.6
161 Last line of solution
164 Part C solution

Change the second plus sign to a minus sign

I o should be I o
Change h=310 to h=308
6.2 should be 5.4.

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210
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235

Cp should be Cp
Change form to from
Change C to K
Add equals sign after r(0)
Change 0.003 to 0.002
Change 0.003 to 0.002
0.426, 0.508, 0.581, 0.653, 0.732, 0.822, 0.929, 1.080, 1.300, 1.974
Add radiation on to radiation at solar noon on
Change G to Gb + Gd
Change 0.6058 to 0.5576
Change 327.8, 440.4, and 768.2 to 377.8, 329.6, and 707.4

Line before Eqn 3.17.3

6th line from bottom
4 th line from bottom
First equation
7 lines from top
Line 2 and Eqn for
Second column of table
Example 5.12.1, line 1
Second equation
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Five lines from bottom
236 Eqn for S/Sref

S
377.8
707.4
329.6

= 0.9837
0.926 0.998 +
0.962 0.854 +
0.2 0.867 0.146 = 0.662
1000
1000
S ref
1000

Change g to c
Change p to c
Line 3 and in two places for Ut, change 0.846 to 0.844
Add units to m of 1/m
The exponent should be 2.
h22 in denominator should be hr2
Denominator should be 2 0.01
The plus sign should be a minus sign
1

319 Example 6.24.2

Eqn for K should be 1 + 0.161 1

cos
335 Example 7.3.2
Second line change 167.3 to 156.9
Equation for Qu, change 10.6 to 3.82 and 6335 to 8971
Equation for T, change 6335 to 8971 and 36.2 to 51.2
Next line change 167.3+36.2=203.5 to 156.9+51.2=208.1
Last equation, change 6335 to 8971 and 14.6 to 17.5
Next line change (167.3 +203.5)/2+14.6 to (156.9 +208.1)/2+17.5
390 Sentence above Eqn 8.5.3 Change term on the right- to term on the left-
393 Equation for NTU
Change 1.204 to 1.006 and then NTU=68.
394 Last Eqn on page
Second Ti should be Ti-1.
417 Example 9.3.1
In the 4th line Change 8.0C to 7.9 C
Change denominator in first equation from 12 to 11 and yr
becomes 10.60. The DDs for May through August increase by 1.
Change the total DD from 4095 to 4100 and the yearly Ta to 7.9.
247 Line 4 from top
Third eqn for q
254 Solution
261 First equation
282 Eqn for F1
284 Equation 6.14.4
286 Equation for L/Dh
287 Equation 6.14.9

 m =1.72, h=0351 and DD=121

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709

Equation 11.5.1
Equation 11.8.3
Equation 14.5.5
7 lines from bottom
First row in Table
8 lines from top
Equation for fL
Equation for Cmin
Line above Solution
Line after Eqn 21.2.2
Table
Last line.

710 14 lines up from bottom

711
711
753
754
755
756

Equation 21.3.11
10 lines from top
Eqn 23.2.7
Eqn 23.2.10b
Line after Eqn 23.2.12
Ex. 23.2.1, 3rd line
Solution

when i = d, N/(N+1) should be N/(i+1).

Missing right parentheses in denominator of 3rd line.
fNUL should be just fN
G. G. Jones should be G. F. Jones
Change 10.2 to 10.1.
Change 0.35 to 0.41
fL=10.8, not 10.7
Change last to /.
Change () to ()n.
Reference to Eqn 5.10.5 should be 5.10.4.
Change last entry in last row from 129.2 to 127.1
Eliminate reference to Equation 21.3.5 and change 21.3.2 to 21.2.4
0.50
=
= 0.47
1.07
Change Qst to LS
Eqn 21.4.2 should be 21.3.2
Tref should be Tc,ref two places.
Tref should be Tc,ref
23.2.10 should be 23.2.7
First word in line, As, should be just A (for amp).

Rsh ,ref = 52.4

aref = 0.9352 V
I L ,ref = 4.549 A
I o ,ref = 4.782 10-10
Rs ,ref = 0.567
a = 0.9666 V at 308.2 K
I o = 2.432 10-9 A at 308.2 K
"32.2.8" should be "23.2.8"

757 8 lines from top

Solution continued
273.15 + 67.2
a = 0.9352
= 1.068 V
273.15 + 25
I L = 0.684 4.549 + 0.00026 ( 67.2 25 ) = 3.119 A

1.602 1022 1.120 1.107

340.35
I o = 4.782 10
exp

1.381 10 26 298.15 340.35

298.15

7
= 2.436 10 A
52.4
Rsh =
= 76.7
0.684
The result is I mp = 2.69 A, Vmp = 13.2 V, and Pmp = 35.5 W.
3

10

The cell efficiency is then 35.5 / ( 0.633 648.3) = 0.086, or 8.6%.

768 Eqn 23.7.4

771 6 lines from bottom
Eqn for i

Replace IT with GT
(49 20) should be (46 20)
(8 28) should be (8 25) and 30.7 should be 30.8

786 Figure 24.2.6

Abscissa caption should be U not U
787 Eqn 24.2.11
Replace /2 in exponent by /4
First line of text
Replace With k = 2 with With k = 2 and U = 10 m/s
805 Table for P 2.26
Units for I and Ibn should be W-h/m2
812 Problem 6.4
Plate to cover and cover to cover spacing is 25 mm.
815 Problem 6.25
Last line should be both English and SI units)?
817 Problem 6.33
Change first paragraph to:
For February 16th in Madison, WI for the hour 11 to 12 the incident horizontal radiation is
585 W-hr/m2 and the ambient
temperature is -4.4 C. Assume the sky temperature is equal to the
ambient temperature and the inlet temperature is 35 C.
818 Problem 7.2
0.91 should be 0.31
Problem 7.5
Add Assume hfi = 3000 W/m2-K.
820 Problem 7.8b
Replace ..." with FR is 0.9,
Problem 9.1
Replace building with building maintained at 21C.
822 Last line of Prob. 10.6
Replace 0.056 kg/s. with is controlled up to a maximum of
0.056 kg/s so that the air leaving the LHX never exceeds 55 C.
824 Problem 10.10
Add to end The test fluid is water.
826 End of Problem 11.5
Change 10%. to 10%/year.
831 Problem 19.1
Add to list of conditions:
Ground reflectance = 0.2
Single cover
Glass KL=0.0125
Normal solar absorptance = 0.9
Delete first sentence and replace can affect with can
After Notes
significantly affect
Add Problem 19.3
Repeat Prob. 19.1 for the first week in July using TMY3 data.
832 End of Page
Replace 828 with 821
833 Second line
Replace 11.9 with 13.7
Prob. 20.4 after covers add of high quality glass
6th line of Prob.20.5
after covers add with KL = 0.0125
End of text of Prob. 21.1 Replace and g = 0.2. with g =0.2 and Load = 213 GJ.
834 Problem 22.1
Delete 4th sentence For the mean.10.8h.
Problem 22.1a
Replace last sentence with Estimate the required auxiliary energy.
835 Problem 23.5
Delete the last sentence in brackets and add What is the maximum
power?
843 B.2, definition of H
add ; can also be considered as an average daily rate (J/day-m2)
Definition of I
add to end (J/h-m2)
895 Last line RHS
Change 360 to 310.
896 Six lines down on RHS
Change 338, 360 to 296, 310.
897 Flow rate corrections
Change 354 to 307
FR
Change 279, 354, 329 to 264, 280, 290, 329
First and Second Printings

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Table 1.3.1b 1st row
footnote
Eqn 1.6.1b

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21

Ex 1.6.3
Equation for s
Fig 1.7.1

Change
See correction for 3rd printing.
"divide" should be "multiply"
is in radians. To convert to degrees multiply RHS by 180/
also, 0.002679 should be 0.002697
"angles for a sloped" should be "angles for a 60 sloped"
See correction for 3rd printing.
Replace the figure with the following figure.
E-W
5

N-S

= 45

Radiation [MJ/m -hr]

N-S
4

E-W
2

0
0

10

12

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22

24

Time [hr]

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40
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68
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89

Last line of figure caption

Eqn 1.7.3a
Eqn 1.7.5e
Equation for Rb
First line after Solution
Eqn 1.10.4
15 lines from top
Second line after Solution
Line before Eqn 2.8.1a
End of Example 2.8.2
Eqn 2.9.5
Eqn 2.9.c
footnote 12
Ex 2.11.1
footnote 13
Eqn 2.12.1a & b
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12 & 13 lines from top
9 lines from bottom

replace "lower" with "dotted" and "upper" with "solid"

change the minus sign to a plus sign
in C1 change s to s and change -1 otherwise to +1 otherwise
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the first sin should be cos
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tb should be b
Add black square after table.
missing left paren. just before the first KT ,max in numerator.
KT ,max should be KT ,max
0.75 < KT < 0.60 should be 0.75 < KT < 0.80
KT = H/Ho = 23.0/33.3 = 0.69
denominator H should be H
H d H should be H d H
(cos 2 cos 1) should be (sin 2 sin 1)
"82.5" should be = " 82.5"
"5:29 AM" should be "6:29 AM"

90

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Ex 2.15.1

91

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213

Example 2.16.1 Solution

Example 2.19.1
Eqn 3.11.2
Last line of solution
6th line from bottom
Eqn 5.1.7
First equation
3 lines from top
7 lines from top
Eqn 5.3.7
second line
Eqn for

next eqn
eqn after
eqn for
232 mid page
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282
284
286
298
319

Solution
First equation
Eqn for F1
Equation 6.14.4
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Figure caption
Example 6.24.2

334 Eqn 7.3.13

335
348
355
359
360
373

Eqn for F
Eqn 7.7.1a
Eqn 7.9.2
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4 lines from top
8 lines from bottom

[cos (-75) cos (-82.79)] should be [sin (-75) sin (-82.79)]

Io = 2.34 MJ/m2, kT = 1.04/2.34 = 0.445, Id/I = 0.766.
Id = 0.766 1.04 = 0.796 MJ/m2
Ib = 0.234 1.04 = 0.244 MJ/m2
1 + cos 60
1 cos 60
IT = 0.244 1.71 + 0.796
+ 1.04 0.60

2
2

2
= 0.417 + 0.597 + 0.156 = 1.17 MJ/m
Thus the beam contribution is 0.417 MJ/m2, the diffuse is 0.597
MJ/m2, and the ground-reflected is 0.156 MJ/m2. The total
radiation on the surface for the hour is 1.17 MJ/m2.
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should be '
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After first equals sign + should be
See correction for 3rd printing.
0.786 should be 0.768
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1 + 12 should be 1 12 in two places.
Change 0.003 to 0.002
0.665 should be 0.655 and 0274 should be 0.274 and 0.003 should
be 0.002
should be = 0.5(0.948 + 0.518) = 0.733
should be = 0.5(0.007 + 0.430) = 0.219
should be = 1 0.219 0.733 = 0.048
3.57 should be 3.59, 6.46 should be 6.50
and 9.14 should be 9.18 in two places.
See correction for 3rd printing.
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Eliminate all after the colon and replace colon with period.
See correction for 3rd printing.
A U F
A U F
exp r L should be exp r L
mC

mC
p
p

"exp(1/24.77)" should be "exp(1/24.77)"

Delete Aa
sin2 should be sin-1
"102 W/m2" should be "102 kW/m2"
"4.41 W/m" should be "4.41 kW/m"
"UREL" should be "NREL"

393 Equation for NTU

417 Example 9.3.1
442 7 lines from bottom
472 Eqn 11.8.3
642 Eqn 18.2.2
687 Eqn 20.5.1
679 First row in Table
681 Solution to 20.3.2
682 Equation for Cmin
688 Line above Solution
700 Line after Eqn 21.2.2
753 and 754
754 Fig 23.2.5
755 8 lines below Eqn 23.2.12
Above Eqn 23.2.13
756 and 757
795 Eqn 24.4.5
802 Prob 1.13g
Prob 2.4
804 Prob 2.20
805 Prob 2.25
Table for P 2.26
806 Prob 2.26i
812 Problem 6.4
897 Index

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"0.110 3750" should be "0.110 3750"
See correction for 3rd printing.
should be g = ( a / xg + bP / A) k g
"11.6 1.18Tw" should be "11.6 + 1.18Tw"
See correction for 3rd printing.
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Remove "and maximum power point" from the caption.
ref,guess should be aref,guess
second "result" should be "results"
See corrections for 3rd printing.
CP should be CP,Betz in two places.
should read "extraterrestrial horizontal solar"
"12 AM" should be "12 PM"
should read "A south facing window is .."
should read " the beam and estimate the total radiation "
See correction for 3rd printing.
Change period at end of first sentence to question mark.
See correction for 3rd printing.
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