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Thermal Modeling of Solar Energy Systems

Thermal Modeling of Solar Energy Systems
MP4 | Video: AVC 1280×720 | Audio: AAC 44KHz 2ch | Duration: 4.5 Hours | Lec: 34 | 549 MB Genre: eLearning | Language: English
Learn to model thermal systems with solar heating and realistic worldwide weather data

Solar energy is one of the most promising sources for new energy generation. Learn to model thermal systems with solar heating and realistic worldwide weather data.

This course explains modern thermal modeling techniques for solar heating systems, using a variety of energy models.

How this course will help you

Learn how to model interiors and building envelopes, including opaque roofs and reflective walls.

Learn how to model daylighting with realistic worldwide weather data to find optimal locations for windows and skylights.

Find out how to optimize your building’s interior arrangements by changing shading patterns and adding insulation.

Thermal modeling of solar energy systems is essential if you want to work with solar heating installations.

This course will introduce you to numerous tools for thermal analysis, including TRNSYS, TRACE, HTRC and other applications such as Excel, multiple FLUENT and GibbsCAM.

How this course will help you

With these tools you will build a realistic model of a solar heating system by using real world data from U.S. weather stations included in utilities such as Google Earth or Weather Underground.

Thermal Modeling of Solar Energy Systems will provide you with an understanding of

how to perform an accurate thermal and financial model of a solar energy system in order to accurately predict the performance, as well as the cost/savings of that system.

This course is taught by expert solar instructor William Hefner,

How this course will help you

who has 30 years experience in solar energy design and analysis and is a member of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Distinguished Lecturer Program.

This is a comprehensive course for engineers and technicians in the solar thermal industry.

The course covers the principles of thermal modeling, the importance of continuous solar energy output and its impact on payback periods,

how to check measurement accuracy and how to size a solar collector.

In addition, you will learn how to perform an energy analysis based

on life cycle cost using both energy prices and solar irradiation data from around the world.

How this course will help you

The course focuses on the two most common types of solar resources used for space heating and

hot water applications, namely direct radiation and indirect radiation.

After working through a number of case studies related to different models for each type of resource

(including how to use a weather database provided by another course), this video shows how to combine both types of resources in a single model.