{"title":"ENERGY COSTS FROM EUROPEAN WIND FARMS","authors":"D. Milborrow","doi":"10.1080/01425919608914307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01425919608914307","url":null,"abstract":"Energy generation costs from European wind farms span a very wide range. Reasons for these variations include differences in capital and operating costs, wind speeds and differing legislative and regulatory frameworks. This paper compares costs, wind speeds and discount rates for British and German windfarms and sets these alongside data from elsewhere in the European Union. In this way it is possible to determine the reasons for differences in energy generation costs.","PeriodicalId":162029,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Solar Energy","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130604703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A SIMPLE METHOD FOR CORRECTING SOLAR RADIATION MEASUREMENTS MADE USING NON CALIBRATED EPPLEY-TYPE AND ROBITZSCH-TYPE PYRANOMETERS","authors":"S. Soulayman, N. Daude, M. Darveesh","doi":"10.1080/01425919608914311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01425919608914311","url":null,"abstract":"In regard to high normal inherent errors in solar radiation data obtained by the Robitzsch-type pyranometer, a simple method is proposed to reduce these errors considerably by improving the accuracy of estimations of average daily irradiation on a horizontal surface recorded by this kind of actinographs. This method is also proposed for correcting the experimental results gathered using noncalibrated Eppley-type pyranometer. The procedure starts by determining two daily distributions of clear sky solar radiation at the studied location. One of these distributions is constructed using measurements by an accurate instrument used as reference for this purpose, while the other one is based on the actinograph or/and noncalibrated Eppley-type pyranometer in use. The correction factor can be deduced then by relating these two distributions with taking into consideration climatic conditions and life-time behaviour of the instruments. The obtained correction factor is found to be highly dependent on the ambient te...","PeriodicalId":162029,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Solar Energy","volume":"105 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114943418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS OF WIND TECHNOLOGY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION","authors":"W. Palz","doi":"10.1080/01425919608914306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01425919608914306","url":null,"abstract":"Wind energy has created an important new market. The total installed European capacity 5 years ago was limited to a few hundred MW while at the end of this year 1995, it will exceed 2000 MW. At the same time quality was dramatically improved: the specific energy harvested by the best machines increased over the last ten years from 1000 kWh m2 a\"1 to about 1700 kWh m-1 a-1. In Europe operating turbines produced on average 1700 kWh per kW in 1994 against only 580 kWh per kW in 1986. Prices on the other hand have come down and are currently slipping below 900ECU/kW for turn key installations. Germany has the largest installed capacity due to favourable federal regulation of the supply tariffs for renewable electricity to the grids. Germany also leads technological innovation in wind energy. Europe is strongly involved in the exploitation of wind energy overseas as well, e.g. in India, China, Egypt. The European Commission occupies a leading position in technological development. The most visible initiative a...","PeriodicalId":162029,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Solar Energy","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130322191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ESTIMATION OF SOLAR RADIATION ENERGY OF ETHIOPIA FROM SUNSHINE DATA","authors":"N. Argaw","doi":"10.1080/01425919608914309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01425919608914309","url":null,"abstract":"Measurements of global solar radiation on a horizontal surface, for nine meteorological stations in Ethiopia, are compared with their corresponding values computed based on Angstrom relations, Regression coefficients are obtained and correlation equations are determined to predict the global solar radiation. The result shows that Angstrom relations are valid for Ethiopian locations, and the correlation equations can be used to predict the monthly mean daily global solar radiation in the locations considered in this study. This study also proves that the results made by ENEC et al, using the generalised Frere's coefficients, is unsatisfactory for the prediction of monthly mean daily global solar radiation. On the other hand, the work of Dogniaux and Lemoine, using the regression coefficients a and b as a function of latitude and atmospheric turbidity and grouping large range latitudes to extend the application, can give better estimation. However, for more accurate estimation, several additional meteorolog...","PeriodicalId":162029,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Solar Energy","volume":"216 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131495765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE DETERMINATION OF MONTHLY MEAN HOURLY DIFFUSE RADIATION ON HORIZONTAL SURFACES USING EQUATIONS BASED ON HOURLY CLEARNESS INDEX, SUNSHINE FRACTION AND SOLAR ELEVATION","authors":"K. Gopinathan, A. Soler","doi":"10.1080/01425919608914310","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01425919608914310","url":null,"abstract":"Several years of measured hourly diffuse and global data for four locations in Spain are used to establish correlations for estimating monthly mean hourly diffuse radiation Dh for locations in Spain and to test the influence of various climatic and geographic parameters on the diffuse to global fraction. A correlation connecting the monthly mean hourly diffuse to global fraction Dh/Gh with mean hourly clearness index KT, mean monthly hourly sunshine fraction S/So, and solar elevation at mid hour y, is found most suitable, and an equation of the form Dh/Gh=i+jkT+lsin γ+m s/sO is recommended for estimation purposes for any location in Spain. When the solar altitude and sunshine fraction are added to the basic equation Dh/Gh= a+bKT the accuracy of the estimated data improves to a good extent and this improvement is more significant when correlations are developed from a group of stations in a region rather than for a single isolated location.","PeriodicalId":162029,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Solar Energy","volume":"15 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116735764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A COMPARISON OF THREE MODELS FOR ESTIMATION OF GLOBAL SOLAR IRRADIATION ON TILTED AND ORIENTED SURFACES IN ATHENS","authors":"B. Synodinou, B. Katsoulis","doi":"10.1080/01425919608914308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01425919608914308","url":null,"abstract":"Solar radiation data from one location in Greece (Athens), are used to test the applicability of three models for computing global irradiance on tilted surfaces. The models selected for discussion, applicability, and comparisons are the model suggested by Liu and Jordan dated 1962, the model of Klein dated 1977, and the model of Klein and Theilacker dated 1981. All these three models are applied, tested and compared for their reliability. The comparative study of the models shows that all these models are rather accurate for locations in Greece. But it seems that the Klein and Theilacker's analytical method for estimating leads to better results, values calculated in this manner and through the other methods are compared. Therefore, the above three models are used to estimate global solar irradiation for one location on surfaces of various tilt angles and azimuths, and the results are presented and discussed.","PeriodicalId":162029,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Solar Energy","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131584358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"RATED MW FROM A HELIOSTAT FIELD ON CYLINDRICAL EXTERNAL RECEIVER","authors":"O. M. Al-Rabghi, M. Elsayed, K. A. Fathalah","doi":"10.1080/01425919508914302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01425919508914302","url":null,"abstract":"Some of the reflected beam radiation from a heliostat field bypasses the receiver surface. The spillage factor which is a measure of how much of reflected beam radiation actually intercepted by the receiver surface, is calculated and plotted for easy access. The variation of ihe spillage factor with tower height, external cylindrical receiver size, dimensionless radial distance from the tower is computed and plotted. The value of the rated MW energy absorbed by an external cylindrical receiver, is investigated, and its relations to the tower height, the site location and the field radius are given. The effect of changing the radial spacing on the rated MW and the total number of heliostats in the field is also computed and depicted. The developed set of charts for the spillage factor are believed to be very useful for solar central receiver system design.","PeriodicalId":162029,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Solar Energy","volume":"215 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131513001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PHOTOVOLTAIC WATER PUMPS COUPLED WITH DC/AC INVERTER","authors":"N. Argaw","doi":"10.1080/01425919508914304","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01425919508914304","url":null,"abstract":"Proper sizing of photovoltaic (PV) array and motor/pump subsystem are essential for maximum utilisation of PV water pumping systems. A proper matching of electromechanical loads to a PV array is a great problem in many PV systems. This is mainly related to the non-linear, solar irradiance and cell temperature-dependent voltage and current characteristics of the PV array generator. In a proper matching system, the electrical energy supplied to the load is close to the maximum available array energy. The load matching factor is one of the basic comparison method used in the optimisation of PV water pumping systems. Optimisation of PV pumping system can be made from a simple non-linear mathematical model and from experimental data. From this optimisation technique, array configuration can be determined using the required rated power of the motor/pump subsystem and the I-V characteristic of a single cell. Conversely, the optimal size of motor/pump subsystem can be determined from a known array configuration. ...","PeriodicalId":162029,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Solar Energy","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130178954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF SOLAR THERMAL POWER GENERATION: A CASE STUDY FOR INDIAN CONDITIONS","authors":"N. Singh, S. Kaushik","doi":"10.1080/01425919508914301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01425919508914301","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents economic evaluation of solar thermal power generation for Indian conditions. The study incorporates case study of parabolic trough collector technology for power generation in 30 MW scale taking into account various options such as Solar Alone and Solar Hybrid. Sensitivity analysis by varying plant load factor, discount rate and the capital cost etc. has also been carried out for both - the Solar Alone and Solar Hybrid case. It is found that Solar Hybrid system is a better option than Solar Alone and the cost of power generation is competitive with conventional means. It is also concluded that unit cost of generation is critically dependent on the capital cost of the plant, discount rate and the number of units generated.","PeriodicalId":162029,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Solar Energy","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132758642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Simulation and experimental analysis of built in solar water heater","authors":"M. Hamdan","doi":"10.1080/01425919508914303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01425919508914303","url":null,"abstract":"A built-in solar water heater was tested both experimentally and theoretically under three different operation modes namely; no flow, continuous flow and intermittent flow. It was found that the average efficiency (η) of the system is of maximum value under the continuous flow condition, while it has a maximum hourly efficiency under the intermittent flow condition.","PeriodicalId":162029,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Solar Energy","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125461178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}