TY - JOUR
T1 - A static multiple detector solar radiation sensor
AU - Appelbaum, J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 the Author(s).
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - A small static solar radiation sensor comprising of 17 photodiode detectors deployed evenly on a hemispherical-member is proposed. The sensor is capable of measuring the intensity and time dependent of the solar radiation components on any desired inclined and oriented plane, including the distribution of the diffuse radiation in the sky. The sensor may also be used in solar tracking systems for pointing to the highest radiation intensity at any time. An inverted sensor may also measure reflected radiation from different objects. As a first design, the accuracy obtained is about 10 to 15 percent, depending of the solar radiation intensity, and the aiming is to improve the accuracy to about 5 percent. The objective was to construct a static sensor with small dimensions and of light-weight, detectors and hemispherical-dome hermetically sealed and machined close to a prototype product.
AB - A small static solar radiation sensor comprising of 17 photodiode detectors deployed evenly on a hemispherical-member is proposed. The sensor is capable of measuring the intensity and time dependent of the solar radiation components on any desired inclined and oriented plane, including the distribution of the diffuse radiation in the sky. The sensor may also be used in solar tracking systems for pointing to the highest radiation intensity at any time. An inverted sensor may also measure reflected radiation from different objects. As a first design, the accuracy obtained is about 10 to 15 percent, depending of the solar radiation intensity, and the aiming is to improve the accuracy to about 5 percent. The objective was to construct a static sensor with small dimensions and of light-weight, detectors and hemispherical-dome hermetically sealed and machined close to a prototype product.
KW - Mapping solar radiation in sky
KW - Multiple detector solar radiation sensor
KW - Static solar radiation sensor
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U2 - 10.3934/ENERGY.2020.5.802
DO - 10.3934/ENERGY.2020.5.802
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AN - SCOPUS:85090594826
SN - 2333-8326
VL - 8
SP - 802
EP - 818
JO - AIMS Energy
JF - AIMS Energy
IS - 5
ER -