A Method of Estimating Monthly Global Radiation for Singapore |
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| Authors: | M N A HAWLADER T Y BONG WAN MAHMOOD |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering , National University of Singapore , 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, 0511, Singapore |
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| Abstract: | The design of solar systems and the determination of cooling and heating load of buildings require information on global radiation in addition to other meteorological data. In this study, equations have been developed for the clearness index KT , which is the ratio of monthly average daily values of global radiation to that of extraterrestrial radiation on a horizontal surface, as a function of the ratio of monthly average daily values of sunshine hours and day length. The extraterrestrial radiation and the day length can be calculated from Eqs. (5) and (3) respectively. The sunshine hours can be obtained from the meteorological station of Singapore. A reasonable estimate of monthly average daily global radiation can be obtained from these equations. |
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| Keywords: | extraterrestrial radiation global radiation solar collector performance |
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