On the proper analytical expression for the sky-view factor and the diffuse irradiation of a slope for an isotropic sky

Renewable Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 440-444

  Rakovec, Jože ^a,b   Zakšek, Klemen ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Center of Excellence SPACE SI   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffuse irradiation; Diffuse tilt factor; Sky view factor; Tilted surface

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; DIFFUSE IRRADIATION; DIFFUSE TILT FACTOR; GEOMETRICAL ASPECTS; GLOBAL IRRADIATION; HORIZONTAL SURFACES; IRRADIATION MEASUREMENT; SKY RADIATION; SKY-VIEW FACTOR; SOLID ANGLE; STANDARD METHOD; TILTED SURFACE;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; FUEL TANKS; IRRADIATION;

RADIATION;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CLEAR SKY; IRRADIANCE; ISOTROPY; LITERATURE REVIEW; SURFACE AREA;

EID: 79961119064     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.06.042     Document Type: Article

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