[TRNSYS-users] Solar azimuth angle in the south hemisphere

[David BRADLEY]

Héloïse,
   We recommend against using Type109 and instead using Type15. Type15 
was freely available (as a different Type number) for Trnsys16 as well. 
However, I believe that all of the TRNSYS solar radiation processing 
components use the same sign convention:

facing toward the equator (so facing south in the northern hemisphere or 
facing north in the southern hemisphere) = 0
facing away from the equator (so facing north in the northern hemisphere 
or facing south in the southern hemisphere) = +/- 180
facing east = -90
facing west = 90.

so your calculation is correct.
Kind regards,
  David



On 3/14/2011 10:16, Heloise PELEN wrote:
>
> Dear TRNSYS users,
>
> We have a project in the south hemisphere but we are more used to 
> model projects in the north hemisphere.
>
> I have a question about which Azimuth Angle I should take to model the 
> building's orientations.
>
> The Type 109 description read as follow : "The solar azimuth angle is 
> the angle between the local meridian and the projection of the line of 
> sight of the sun onto the horizontal plane. 0  = Facing equator, 90 = 
> Facing west, 180 = Facing north, 270 = Facing east. Refer to the 
> manual for details on the azimuth parameter for tracking surfaces."
>
> In our case, "facing equator" is north, so should the solar azimuth 
> angle be 0 ?
>
> We think we should take the following :
>
> North = 0
>
> South = 180
>
> West = 90
>
> East = -90 or 270
>
> Could you confirm this or correct me if I am wrong ?
>
> Thanks very much !
>
> Regards,
>
> *Héloïse Pelen*
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