Lab report 1 : “Measurement of Solar Radiation in Thapa

Pyranometer and measure th

Calculation of Peak Sun

We know,

Peak Sun hour =

And,
STC, Irradiance = 1000 W/m²

For the Calculation of the Peak Sun hour, we have an hourly data provided by NEA

Date range: 2015-05-01 - 2016-05-11

The Calculation of Peak Sun hour for all the months in done in this report
olar Radiation in Thapathali Campus using Reference Cell or
meter and measure the air mass.

Calculation of Peak Sun :

(𝐺𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝐼𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 )/(𝑆𝑇𝐶, 𝐼𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 )

n hourly data provided by NEA

n done in this report

 Time
5/1/2015 5/2/2015 5/3/2015 5/4/2015 5/5/2015 5/6/2015 5/7/2015
0:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6:00 3.811 0 6.643 7.648 7.647 7.232 0.652
7:00 108.692 124.781 146.056 150.182 118.06 132.418 83.261
8:00 332.392 373.284 369.256 372.106 295.492 323.183 250.468
9:00 553.481 262.012 594.574 601.954 571.616 529.14 465.281
10:00 472.229 647.711 783.845 796.221 731.707 738.954 618.169
11:00 568.649 900.456 914.872 950.165 845.654 883.44 742.845
12:00 953.655 1001.118 981.81 999.057 850.327 914.505 772.371
13:00 951.227 962.663 981.417 999.719 976.074 946.383 806.788
14:00 871.026 504.032 947.777 971.589 917.429 920.601 466.618
15:00 754.723 668.787 823.293 822.334 761.585 773.219 177.938
16:00 570.567 583.904 647.309 644.52 608.772 531.494 298.118
17:00 353.625 315.655 402.654 394.604 378.298 358.64 37.779
18:00 142.197 109.554 165.613 161.285 156.497 131.023 15.589
19:00 7.556 0 15.511 9.218 9.737 0 0
20:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 6643.83 6453.957 7780.63 7880.602 7228.895 7190.232 4735.877

Average Monthly Global Irradication= 6165.466677 Wh/m²

Monthly Peak Sun hour = 6.165466677 h

 Global I
5/8/2015 5/9/2015 5/10/2015 5/11/2015 5/12/2015 5/13/2015 5/14/2015
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8.879 0 9.398 5.909 12.424 1.713 9.768
95.286 54.305 109.167 143.357 136.223 81.35 149.584
221.655 201.729 301.525 328.84 304.801 230.897 356.733
374.814 192.513 495.163 547.311 540.466 433.927 569.372
572.156 631.156 721.233 719.159 714.698 750.379 749.226
568.92 724.017 822.76 834.535 889.985 889.675 898.906
611.446 519.035 498.675 940.431 976.494 818.057 1013.521
328.482 114.261 528.932 954.943 1035.87 579.544 1024.88
291.687 169.047 408.883 711.921 955.074 562.81 986.981
622.224 647.286 535.128 291.618 771.988 356.074 769.401
365.793 165.346 275.793 481.021 552.002 268.496 639.467
208.443 223.941 169.165 395.108 280.949 437.719 409.579
44.436 105.269 102.69 63.619 171.075 189.044 165.398
1.047 12.525 5.911 0 14.51 15.26 15.978
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4315.268 3760.43 4984.423 6417.772 7356.559 5614.945 7758.794
 Global Irradication Wh/m²
5/15/2015 5/16/2015 5/17/2015 5/18/2015 5/19/2015 5/20/2015 5/21/2015
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10.664 3.673 6.848 11.512 11.579 6.573 10.073
89.144 81.408 99.265 130.925 125.4 91.545 100.608
183.899 203.518 283.633 300.633 315.849 285.54 282.711
238.989 483.755 555.122 452.51 531.654 567.092 384.87
383.776 490.777 746.373 193.203 739.744 751.692 694.122
485.767 688.331 880.209 264.848 886.312 835.466 646.807
815.851 656.018 959.699 602.818 895.897 922.116 704.024
336.829 492.707 957.784 595.13 482.528 940.585 967.094
190.209 309.278 665.103 546.143 495.004 687.431 947.784
534.145 183.262 607.109 708.151 451.406 253.4 799.686
322.706 9.38 156.06 556.796 240.757 328.493 415.638
88.482 94.83 85.098 353.408 308.759 440.715 28.858
179.231 114.111 69.951 152.947 149.602 198.948 23.243
8.247 7.749 14.916 18.34 17.542 22.915 3.797
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3867.939 3818.797 6087.17 4887.364 5652.033 6332.511 6009.315
5/22/2015 5/23/2015 5/24/2015 5/25/2015 5/26/2015 5/27/2015 5/28/2015
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12.757 11.537 13.262 11.515 18.371 11.351 17.96
140.499 130.066 135.977 124.916 156.502 136.588 150.124
331.763 322.138 320.856 306.984 359.907 304.608 351.401
551.285 522.763 510.31 509.195 540.486 550.465 550.603
735.826 696.665 685.785 701.698 704.112 729.715 694.538
844.777 822.59 817.03 833.177 842.672 852.436 733.936
927.968 901.669 916.264 909.376 908.813 903.984 757.242
867.4 849.91 929.905 961.777 904.322 910.047 772.484
896.062 885.084 898.663 936.83 871.476 899.78 692.772
775.997 799.182 713.811 798.558 742.96 776.69 741.942
568.495 589.003 596.313 598.491 561.182 622.746 472.356
334.305 63.276 340.648 361.24 349.006 395.505 383.336
153.041 0 95.196 149.169 143.826 173.458 165.795
0 0 15.77 16.391 2.526 9.929 7.501
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7140.175 6593.883 6989.79 7219.317 7106.161 7277.302 6491.99
5/29/2015 5/30/2015 5/31/2015
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
16.766 0 9.919
172.123 55.19 88.536
322.264 226.561 335.973
514.759 463.444 555.154
702.207 668.979 731.203
777.928 794.714 889.3
823.142 485.269 975.581
224.537 261.422 982.934
682.287 335.687 923.736
251.675 322.687 809.571
432.006 347.822 633.86
384.553 366.201 412.526
206.919 121.647 195.999
23.142 0 5.283
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
5534.308 4449.623 7549.575
 Time
6/1/2015 6/2/2015 6/3/2015 6/4/2015 6/5/2015 6/6/2015 6/7/2015
0:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6:00 11.168 17.649 37.156 0 16.837 14.603 15.211
7:00 146.924 161.797 193.943 37.525 136.138 105.427 153.055
8:00 340.281 281.982 262.956 17.337 323.855 329.571 349.942
9:00 557.532 387.573 358.941 20.112 531.43 546.2 551.739
10:00 726.947 726.73 605.263 236.485 647.472 713.758 734.62
11:00 891.974 796.023 810.31 357.331 871.882 879.058 874.789
12:00 994.334 940.889 850.299 200.733 968.676 973.222 936.552
13:00 999.964 937.717 931.181 178.412 645.296 965.143 961.092
14:00 950.743 896.476 929.504 587.005 558.392 893.416 864.541
15:00 824.341 808.551 696.56 714.525 803.173 838.573 399.766
16:00 650.917 617.705 615.102 547.954 629.711 632.614 388.592
17:00 431.221 413.13 411.156 413.464 416.627 408.384 348.396
18:00 197.025 193.926 199.727 161.517 203.271 213.024 182.699
19:00 0 25.368 34.534 11.558 39.732 44.55 25.402
20:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 7723.371 7205.516 6936.632 3483.958 6792.492 7557.543 6786.396

Average Monthly Global Irradication= 5711.582452 Wh/m²

Monthly Peak Sun hour = 5.711582452 h

 Global
6/8/2015 6/9/2015 6/10/2015 6/11/2015 6/12/2015 6/13/2015 6/14/2015
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16.448 12.648 12.961 7.612 0 24.127 0
140.185 119.534 118.348 74.506 68.774 176.957 23.696
324.262 305.625 279.446 156.043 252.686 373.988 118.997
531.957 524.455 458.083 276.542 436.171 524.607 266.595
709.823 712.036 631.373 463.389 614.209 716.918 612.816
849.383 871.987 792.898 811.62 648.941 776.549 907.618
907.936 954.234 866.945 834.272 751.933 829.47 1018.055
904.703 948.436 720.991 902.834 964.708 603.303 920.874
851.439 875.764 723.404 786.647 922.675 762.964 426.59
721.24 765.792 417.524 743.077 701.566 652.637 758.089
591.695 579.043 89.47 526.545 630.093 448.74 660.343
380.089 379.539 27.384 318.489 400.995 243.341 455.577
186.14 103.134 0 98.963 180.972 81.364 273.33
25.703 8.921 0 0 14.76 11.329 56.591
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7141.003 7161.148 5138.827 6000.539 6588.483 6226.294 6499.171

Average Monthly Global Irradication=

Monthly Peak Sun hour =

 Global Irradication Wh/m²
6/15/2015 6/16/2015 6/17/2015 6/18/2015 6/19/2015 6/20/2015 6/21/2015
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13.553 0 5.017 27.768 0 2.752 0.614
174.087 136.308 91.18 132.762 32.408 52.605 23.942
362.858 310.721 382.6 185.734 152.203 150.667 287.449
518.447 582.731 591.485 475.944 437.613 559.453 352.809
810.306 787.532 789.881 543.786 413.753 766.265 528.465
589.637 652.44 661.74 911.553 777.995 835.046 866.641
797.402 558.798 898.176 937.251 994.69 508.368 909.772
754.807 390.714 1011.433 904.201 604.756 1039.366 969.493
991.136 382.936 949.374 589.336 623.539 763.247 645.977
526.389 302.044 821.324 741.608 925.044 140.079 705.545
476.401 363.672 600.898 626.493 247.559 292.544 293.839
307.626 496.348 453.171 151.149 98.076 309.174 25.342
146.227 241.78 192.291 127.475 81.56 137.378 17.479
22.754 24.973 28.16 39.652 9.825 32.899 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6491.63 5230.997 7476.73 6394.712 5399.021 5589.843 5627.367

hly Global Irradication= 5901.9685333 Wh/m²

5.9019685333 h
6/22/2015 6/23/2015 6/24/2015 6/25/2015 6/26/2015 6/27/2015 6/28/2015
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14.43 7.875 6.758 4.887 12.227 0 0
183.704 62.323 102.86 2.345 52.997 49.871 99.091
307.413 167.212 187.989 109.714 222.175 185.452 224.569
551.119 306.743 184.523 341.393 522.938 284.434 135.745
609.73 501.264 533.681 529.088 684.116 260.363 227.683
594.948 969.199 898.038 928.888 888.899 290.186 555.212
618.581 1006.569 818.322 717.487 294.738 333.65 224.407
497.388 821.874 751.247 913.165 249.089 609.124 371.625
244.189 566.523 646.328 1021.026 245.575 84.864 212.403
289.536 398.061 661.984 840.736 62.675 25.328 278.208
255.542 163.154 515.42 586.03 13.708 70.67 98.687
363.218 184.321 423.381 338.554 5.529 111.689 271.083
149.602 148.595 212.925 177.85 2.375 79.927 41.067
30.225 38.197 43.124 23.461 0 24.667 0.696
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4709.625 5341.91 5986.58 6534.624 3257.041 2410.225 2740.476
6/29/2015 6/30/2015
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
12.037 0
155.204 49.033
385.049 278.45
372.452 546.368
466.016 554.915
545.923 373.603
785.352 973.959
902.082 939.452
780.94 693.485
595.605 907.921
596.468 622.652
325.533 334.015
164.446 213.107
10.983 41.852
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
6098.09 6528.812
 Similarly for remaining months the value of Average global irradication and monthly peak sun value is :

Months Average Global irradication

2015, May 6165.46667741935
2015, June 5901.96853333333
2015, July 4762.021
2015, August 4759.31
2015, September 4624.035
2015, October 4856.735
2015, November 4037.037
2015, December 3393.485
2016, January 3143.865
2016, Feburary 4191.806
2016, March 4624.579
2016, April 5248.122
2016, May 4078.801

Hence, the value of average annual peak sun hour is

lobal irradication and monthly peak sun value is :

Monthly Peak Sun hour

6.16546667741935
5.90196853333333
4.762021
4.75931
4.624035
4.856735
4.037037
3.393485
3.143865
4.191806
4.624579
5.248122
4.078801

4.59901778544251 h