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VIDEO COURSE ON
SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
By
V.V.SATYAMURTY
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur 721302, India
Note: All times in the following problems are SOLAR
TIME except when specified otherwise
Exercise 1 Solved Problems
1.1 From the diameter and effective surface temperature of the sun,
estimate the rate of which it emits energy. What fraction of this
emitted energy is intercepted by the earth? Estimate the solar
constant, given the mean earth-sun distance. (Lecture 23)
1.4 Determine the sunset hour angle and day length for Srinagar and for
Port Blair, for the following dates: Dec. 23, March 22, June 23.
(Lecture 24)
1.5 When it is noon as per the clock time (or Indian Standard time),
what is the solar time on Jan 20th in Mumbai, (Latitude: 19 1N,
Longitude: 72 67 E) Kolkata (Latitude: 22 39N, Longitude: 88
27 E), and Kohima (Latitude: 25 40 N, Longitude: 94 07 E) on
Jan. 20. (Lecture 24)
1.6 What are the sunset hour angles and the day length for the
following: i) =150, =150: ii) =450, =230: iii) =450, =-230:
iv) =770, =150: v) =820, =-150(Lecture 24)
1.11 Estimate the ratio of beam radiation on a surface tilted 450 toward
the south to that on a horizontal surface, if located at a latitude of
400 on March 1, a at noon, b at 3:30 pm. (Lecture 27)
2.2 In the Problem No. 1, above, what is the monthly average daily
utilizability? (Lecture 33)
2.3 What is the solar load fraction met by the system for the
specifications given in Problem 1. (Lecture 33)
2.4 Include the tank losses for the system described in Problem 1
and calculate the solar load fraction. The tank (UA )tan k =5.9
W/0C and the surrounding temperature is 200C. (Lecture 33)
2.5 For the system described in Problem 1, estimate the solar load
fraction if the load heat exchanger has L Cmin =1350 W/0C
2.8 What will be the solar load fraction if air based collectors with
standard flow rate have been employed, with standard storage
and assume FRUL = 2. 63 W/m2 0C and FR()n=0.72 remain
the same as the values for the liquid based collector. You may
also assume (( )
)
0.94 (Lecture 34)
2.9 What will be the solar load fraction if the air based collector
system of the Problem 8, employs double the standard flow
rate? (Lecture 34)
2.10 Calculate the solar load fraction met by the liquid based
space heating system described in Problem 8, using the
, f Chart method. (Lecture 35)