[TRNSYS-users] Solar Radiation

David BRADLEY d.bradley at tess-inc.com
Tue Nov 1 10:50:02 PDT 2011


Sascha,
   Type56 requires the total and beam radiation on each surface. It 
subtracts beam radiation from total internally to get the diffuse radiation.
Regards,
  David


On 11/1/2011 12:19, Heinze wrote:
>
> Dear TRNSys Users,
>
> i have a question about the solar radiation linked to the Type 56.
>
> As input i have  e.g.
>
> IT_S_0_90 ... which i think is the "total radiation" on the surface
>
> and
>
> IB_S_0_90... which i think is the "beam radiation" on the surface
>
> But as i know the "Total radiation" is the sum of diffuse _and_ beam 
> radiation.
>
> So when i link the total and the beam radiation to my surface i have 
> the beam radiation twice because it`s already in the total radiation 
> or am i wrong ? Maybe it will be calculated in the background ?!
>
> There is no separate input to link the diffuse radiation to Type 56
>
> Many thanks in advance
>
> Sascha Heinze
>
>
>
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