Diffuse solar radiation estimation models for Turkey’s big cities
Articles > Article · 2008
Authors: Koray ÜLGEN, Arif HEPBAŞLI
Energy Conversion and Management, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2008, vol 50, pp 149-156
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2008.08.013
Summary
A reasonably accurate knowledge of the availability of the solar resource at any place is required by solar engineers, architects, agriculturists, and hydrologists in many applications of solar energy such as solar furnaces, concentrating collectors, and interior illumination of buildings. For this purpose, in the past, various empirical models (or correlations) have been developed in order to estimate the solar radiation around the world. This study deals with diffuse solar radiation estimation models along with statistical test methods used to statistically evaluate their performance. Models used to predict monthly average daily values of diffuse solar radiation are classified in four groups as follows: (i) From the diffuse fraction or cloudness index, function of the clearness index, (ii) From the diffuse fraction or cloudness index, function of the relative sunshine duration or sunshine fraction, (iii) From the diffuse coefficient, function of the clearness index, and (iv) From the diffuse coefficient, function of the relative sunshine duration or sunshine fraction.