Solar energy conversion systems engineering and economic analysis. Volume I

Prepared in association with the Sloan School of Management. Photovoltaics Project.After defining Solar Energy Conversion System Input characteristics, an analytical model of the atmosphere is developed. This model is capable of computing the Solar Energy Flux on the collector area for a techno-economic feasibility analysis of Solar Energy Systems. A deterministic approach permits the evaluation of the energy input to the system, at proper intervals of time, on the basis of a few meteorological data. The selective inter- action of the electromagnetic energy flux and atmospheric matter is described: the analytical model is derived and imple- mented on CIRR2 codes for the global energy flux computation; and comparison with experimental values is performed.Prepared for the United States Dept. of Energy under contract no. EX-76-A-01-2295, Task Order 37b