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James B. Francis College of Engineering
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MECH4030 Thermo-Fluids Laboratory
Section number: 806 C
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Experiment Number and Title: Testing a Hybrid Solar Panel
Date of Experiment: December 5
th
, 2017
Group Names:
1. J. Didier Wandi
2. Chris Mautino
3. James Bremic
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December 5
th
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Testing a Hybrid Solar Panel
UMass Lowell
The
optimal azimuth that the modules should be directed towards would be true south, since this is the direction that the northeastern United States that receives the most energy from the sun. The azimuth can be approximated by using Figure 1
, with the knowledge that Lowell, MA, is located at approximately 42.6334
o
N. Figure 1: Azimuth of Solar Panel vs Latitude of Test Site, take latitude and follow it to as close to 100%,
then read azimuth http://www.renewable-energy-concepts.com/solarenergy/solar-basics/orientation-
azimuth-angle.html
The angle (amount of tilt) that the solar collectors should be mounted at depends on the latitude of the test location. The optimal tilt angle can then be found using Table 1
.
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Table 1: Optimal Tilt Angles for Solar Collectors Based on Latitude
http://www.solarpaneltilt.com/
Latitude
Summer
angle
Spring/autumn
angle
Winter
angle
25°
-1.3
22.2
46.3
30°
3.3
27.1
50.7
35°
7.9
32.0
55.2
40°
12.5
36.9
59.6
45°
17.1
41.8
64.1
50°
21.7
46.7
68.5
The optimal tilt angle was interpolated to be approximately 14.9
o
, assuming that the experiment would be carried out during the summer months. This is shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2: Azimuth and Tilt Angle of Solar Panels
The thermocouples would be located on top of the solar panels, in a configuration such as shown in Figure 3. They would be divided evenly among each panel (15 each).
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