Abstract: An analytical method is described for calculating the daily averages or effective values of the sun’s elevation, azimuth, hour angle, angle of incidence and air mass. A particular case is ...

Abstract: Despite the existence of several possible pyrometric methodologies, temperature monitoring and control of samples heated at the focus of solar concentrators have still not received a universal ...

Abstract: In 1982, the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) adopted consensus standards for direct-normal and hemispherical (“global”) tilted solar terrestrial spectra (ASTM E891/E892/G159). These ...