[TRNSYS-users] Effect of Collector Slope on Collector Gain

[dev sharma]

David,

Since I am unable to capture the effect of slope variation on the
useful energy, I'm guessing that my connections between component
Type15 and Type1b are not accurate. I'm attaching an image of the
connections made, could you please point out my mistake here?

Thanks a lot.
Dev

On 23/05/2013, David BRADLEY <d.bradley at tess-inc.com> wrote:
> Dev,
>    The slopes of the surfaces for which Type15 computes incident solar
> radiation is defined among Type15's parameters.
>
>    In order to plot annual useful energy vs collector slope you would
> have to run your simulation a number of times, each time with a
> different slope then collect the results of each run into a table.
> Regards,
>   David
>
>
> On 5/23/2013 08:33, dev sharma wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> When I change the collector slope in Type 1b-2 (collector), the effect
>> on the energy collected by collector doesn't give a maxima at all.
>> Instead it keeps on increasing somewhat linearly.
>>
>> I have noticed that Meteonorm file (read by Type 15-6) also gives
>> surface slope as the output. In this case this output is similar to
>> lattitude so I presume that all the calculations are performed within
>> the weather file for incident radiation on the inclined surface.
>>
>> How can I vary the slope of the collector then? Do I have to modify
>> the Meteonorm file? How can I plot a curve of Useful energy of the
>> collector Vs Collector Slope. ?
>>
>> Thanks a lot!!!
>> Dev
>>
>
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Dev Sharma
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