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Aulas Teóricas

1. Solar Radiation and Optics /  Lesson 1

1.1 Geometry and components of solar radiation

        - The sun (1.1)

        - The solar constant (1.2)

        - Variation of extraterrestrial radiation (1.4)

        - Incidence Angle on Fixed Surfaces (1.6)

1. Solar Radiation and Optics / Lesson 2

1.1 Geometry and components of solar radiation

      - Incidence Angle on Fixed Surfaces (1.6) (follow up)

      - Incidence angle on tracking surfaces (1.7)

1. Solar Radiation and Optics / Lesson 3

1.1 Geometry and components of solar radiation

      - Incidence angle on tracking surfaces (1.7)  (follow up)

      - Extraterrestrial radiation on a horizontal surface (1.10)

      - Ratio of beam radiation on tilted surface to that on horizontal surface (1.8)

      - air mass (1.5)

1. Solar Radiation and Optics / Lesson 4

1.2 Solar radiometry, solar radiation data and solar radiation models

      - Solar radiometry (2.2, 2.3, 2.4). 

      - Solar radiation data (2.5)

      - Solar radiation models

             .. atmospheric attenuation (2.6)

             .. estimation of average solar radiation (2.7)

1. Solar Radiation and Optics / Lesson 5

1.2 Solar radiometry, solar radiation data and solar radiation models

      - Solar radiation models

             .. estimation of clear sky radiation (2.8)

             .. distribution of clear and cloudy days and hours (2.9)

             .. beam and diffuse components of hourly radiation (2.10)

             .. beam and diffuse components of daily radiation (2.11)

             .. beam and diffuse components of monthly radiation (2.12)

             .. estimation of hourly radiation from daily data (2.13)

1. Solar Radiation and Optics / Lesson 6

1.2 Solar radiometry, solar radiation data and solar radiation models

      - Solar radiation models

             .. radiation on sloped surfaces (2.14)

             .. radiation on sloped surfaces: isotropic sky (2.15)

             .. average radiation on sloped surfaces: isotropic sky (2.19)

             .. radiation on sloped surfaces: anisotropic sky (2.16)

1. Solar Radiation and Optics / Lesson 7

1.2 Solar radiometry, solar radiation data and solar radiation models

      - Solar radiation models

             .. average radiation on sloped surfaces: KT method (2.20)

1.3 Utilizability

      - hour and monthly average hour utilizability (2.22)

      - generalized utilizability (2.23)

1. Solar Radiation and Optics / Lesson 8

1.3 Utilizability

      - generalized utilizability (2.23) (follow up)

      - daily utilizability (2.24)

1.4 Radiation characteristics of opaque materials

      - absorptance and emmitance (4.1)

1. Solar Radiation and Optics / Lesson 9

 1.4 Radiation characteristics of opaque materials

      - a note on Kirschhoff's law (4.2)

      - reflectance (4.3)

      - relashionships among absorptance, emmitance and reflectance (4.4)

      - calculation of emmitance and absorptance (4.6)

1. Solar Radiation and Optics / Lesson 10

1.4 Radiation characteristics of opaque materials

     - selective surfaces (4.8)

     - mechanisms of selectivity (4.9)

     - angular dependence of solar absorptance (4.11)

     - specularly reflecting surfaces (4.13)

1.5 Radiaton Transmission through Glazing

     - reflection (5.1)

1. Solar Radiation and Optics / Lesson 11

1.5 Radiaton Transmission through Glazing

     - reflection (5.1) (follow up)

     - absorption (5.2)

     - transmission of cover systems (5.3)

     - transmittance for diffuse radiation (5.4)     

1. Solar Radiation and Optics / Lesson 12

1.5 Radiaton Transmission through Glazing

     - transmittance spectral dependence (5.7)

     - effects of surface layers on transmittance (5.8)

     - transmittance-absorptance product (5.5)

     - transmittance-absorptance angular dependence (5.6)

     - Absorbed  solar radiation (5.9)

     - Monthly average absorbed radiation (5.10)

 

2. Solar Collectors / Lesson 13

2.0 Types of solar collector used as fixed mounted for low and medium temperatures

2.1 Flate-plate Collectors

     - Description (6.1)

     - Energy balance equation (6.2)

     - Temperature distribution (6.3)

     - Collector overal heat loss coefficient (6.4)

2. Solar Collectors / Lesson 14

2.1 Flate-plate Collectors

     - Collector overall heat loss coefficient (6.4) (follow up)

     - Temperature distribution between tubes and the collector efficiency factor (6.5)

     - Temperature distribution in flow direction (6.6)

2. Solar Collectors / Lesson 15

2.1 Flate-plate Collectors

     - Collector heat removal factor and flow factor (6.7)

     - Critical radiation level (6.8)

     - Mean plate and fluid temperatures (6.9)

     - Effective transmittance-absorptance product (6.10)

     - Effects of dust and shading (6.11)

     - Stagnation temperature (6.23)

2. Solar Collectors / Lesson 16

2.1 Flate-plate Collectors

     - Heat capacity effects in flat-plate colletctors (6.12)

     - Liquid heater plate geometries (6.13)

     - Collector Characterizations (6.16)

     - Collector tests: efficiency, incidence angle modifier and time constant (6.17)

     - Certification and testing data sheets

2. Solar Collectors / Lesson 17

2.2 Concentrating Solar Collectors

     - Configurations (7.1)

     - Concentration limits (7.2)

      - Concentration of diffuse radiation

      - Thermal performance (7.3)

     - Compound Parabolic Concentrators (CPC)

             .. The CPC (7.6)

             .. Truncation (7.6)

             .. Orientation and absorbed energy (7.7)

             .. Performance (7.8)