Optimization of incidence angle for augmented performance of solar collector: A case study for Vellore
01 Apr 2016-pp 722-726
TL;DR: A methodology is presented to optimize the incidence angle, which results in an incidence angle being reduced to 0°, and experimental validation of the methodology is also presented.
Abstract: Given how computational power has advanced in the last decade or so, it has become increasingly simplistic to carry out simulation of control systems to evaluate performance, without the need to spend resources on, earlier inevitable experimentation. This work utilizes the computational advancements to evaluate the variation in incidence angle for a solar collector for the city of Vellore, Tamil Nadu throughout the day. A methodology is presented to optimize the incidence angle, which results in an incidence angle being reduced to 0°. Experimental validation of the methodology is also presented in this work.
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