General models for optimum tilt angles of solar panels: Turkey case study

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 6149-6159

  Bakirci, Kadir ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Simulation; Solar energy; Solar panels; Tilt angle; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY TOTAL SOLAR RADIATION; GENERAL MODEL; MEAN BIAS ERRORS; OPTIMUM ANGLE; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SIMULATION; SOLAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS; SOLAR PANELS; SOLAR RADIATION DATA; STATISTICAL ERRORS; TILT ANGLE; TILTED SURFACE; TURKEY; WINTER MONTHS;

MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 84865516229     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.07.009     Document Type: Review

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