Solar.bat
Example Report below is used in our Zero Energy Home designs
for:
Albuquerque, New Mexico to Valencia County, the Central Rio Grande:
Latitude 35.0, Longitude 106.6
Times
in MST, Altitude 1.399 km above sea level
Collector
Normal Altitude 57.0, Azimuth of Collector Normal 165.0
Start,
stop time: .00 24.00 (hours of day when panel is shaded)
Energy
(kW-h) incident on one square meter in one day
| Month |
Day |
above
atmosphere |
beam |
diffuse |
(b+d) |
max power
|
(kW) |
| JAN |
17 |
17.00 |
9.300 |
6.04 |
1.13 |
7.17 |
0.925 |
| FEB |
16 |
47.00 |
9.950 |
6.82 |
1.10 |
7.92 |
1.003 |
| MAR |
16 |
75.00 |
10.39 |
7.48 |
1.02 |
8.50 |
1.059 |
| APR |
15 |
105.0 |
10.34 |
7.38 |
1.09 |
8.47 |
1.017 |
| MAY |
15 |
135.0 |
9.920 |
7.23 |
1.01 |
8.24 |
0.980 |
| JUN |
11 |
162.0 |
9.62 |
7.06 |
0.97 |
8.03 |
0.951 |
| JUL |
17 |
198.0 |
9.71 |
7.10 |
0.99 |
8.09 |
0.960 |
| AUG |
16 |
228.0 |
10.10 |
7.28 |
1.06 |
8.34 |
0.996 |
| SEP |
15 |
258.0 |
10.33 |
7.22 |
1.11 |
8.32 |
1.010 |
| OCT |
15 |
288.0 |
10.07 |
7.02 |
1.08 |
8.10 |
1.016 |
| NOV |
14 |
318.0 |
9.44 |
6.23 |
1.11 |
7.34 |
0.942 |
| DEC |
10 |
344.0 |
9.07 |
5.79 |
1.14 |
6.93 |
0.896 |
| AVE
DAY OF YEAR |
|
|
9.84
|
6.87 |
1.07 |
7.94
|
|
Solar.bat
program ©Copyright 1999-2005, used by permission of
Professor
Emeritus, Andy Odell, NAU, Flagstaff, AZ, Physics-Astronomy.
NASA
* Ground Temperature, Albuquerque, NM:
*-Ground
insolation should not be confused with kWh gains from sunlight falling
on an angled panel, wall material, passive solar slab, roof, or Trombe
wall. NASA Ground Insolation is useful in reflectance for daylighting,
in agricultural soil temperatures or radiant heat impact calculations.
Example:
kWh/square meter graph