[TRNSYS-users] Type 15 solar tracking mode

David BRADLEY d.bradley at tess-inc.com
Thu Feb 8 07:55:38 PST 2018


Simon,

  This information is covered in if you click on the "more" buttons for 
"slope of surface" and "azimuth of surface." Essentially the surface 
parameters are treated as though they are the axis of rotation parameters.

kind regards,

  David



On 02/07/2018 01:42, Simon Martinez via TRNSYS-users wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> I'd like to compare the solar beam radiation collected by a surface 
> considering different solar tracking systems (1axis N-S, 1 axis E-W, 
> 2axes). I use Type 15 for weather data.
> I've seen that there are different tracking modes :
> - mode 1 : fixed surface
> - mode 2 : surface rotates about a vertical axis
> - mode 3 : surface rotates about a fixed axis
> - mode 4 : the surface 2-axis tracks the sun
>
> My question : Where do I have to define the position of the axis in 
> mode 3 ?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Simon
>
> -- 
>
> Simon Martinez
> Doctorant en micro-cogénération solaire
> Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Ingénieur pour l'Environnement (LaSIE)
> simon.martinez at univ-lr.fr
> Tél : 06 17 15 76 64
>
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> 23 avenue Albert Einstein
> BP 33060 - 17031 La Rochelle
>
>
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