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Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Frank Kreith, Susan Krumdieck
August 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
790 pages
30h 5m
English
CRC Press
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Example 5.4
A solar building with a south-facing collector is sited to the north–northwest of an exist-
ing building. Prepare a shadow map showing what months of the year and what part of
the day point C at the base of the solar collector will be shaded. Plan and elevation views
are shown in Figure 5.12. Latitude = 40°N.
Solution
The limiting prole angle for shading is 40° and the limiting azimuth angles are
−45° and +10°, as shown in Figure 5.12. These values are plotted on the shadow-angle
protractor (Figure 5.13a). The shadow map, when superimposed on the sun-path ...
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ISBN: 9781466556966