Omar Al Mukhtar University

Faculty of Engineering Tobruk

Instructor: Motaz Zgogo
Date: 30 /09/2015

spring Term (2015)

Med-term Exam
Course: Solar Energy
Time: 02:00 hrs

Q1. Calculate the angle of incidence of the beam solar radiation at 1400 (2 PM) solar time on
February 10 at latitude 43.3 on surfaces of the following orientations:
a. Horizontal.
b. Sloped to south at 60.
c. Slope of 60, facing 40 west of south.
d. Vertical, facing south.
e. Vertical, facing west.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q2. For Madison, 43 N, on January 20, the total radiation on a horizontal surface is 8.0 MJ/m2.
a. Estimate the total horizontal radiation for 10 to 11.
b. Estimate the beam and diffuse radiation for 10 to 11.
c. For a surface sloped 60 to the south what is Rb for that hour?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q3. A window faces south at a location with latitude 36. Estimate the January average radiation on
the window if T for the month is 0.47.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q4. A flat-plate collector with one cover is inclined at a slope of 50 from the horizontal. The plate
temperature is 100C and its emittance is 0.10. The cover temperature is 31.5C, and the (glass)
cover has an emittance of 0.88. The plate-cover spacing is 25 mm.
a. Calculate the radiative transfer from plate to cover.
b. Calculate a radiation heat transfer coefficient from plate to cover.
c. Calculate the convective transfer from plate to cover.
d. Given an effective surrounding temperature of 10C, estimate the net radiative exchange between
the cover and the surroundings.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q5. Determine the convection heat transfer between two large flat plates (covers in a collector)
separated by a distance of 20 mm and inclined at an angle of 60 . The temperature of the lower plate
is 110C and that of the upper plate is at 60C.