Solar Radiation Study of Office Building Shapes at a Bussiness District in South Jakarta

Solar energy is considered the greatest source of renewable energy. In this paper, a case study was performed for a single-axis solar tracking model to analyze the performance of the solar panels in an office building under varying ambient temperatures and solar radiation over the course of one year (2018). This case study was performed in an office building at the College of Engineering at Shaqra University, Dawadmi, Saudi Arabia. The office building was supplied with electricity for a full year by the designed solar energy system. The study was conducted across the four seasons of the studied year to analyze the performance of a group of solar panels with the total capacity of a 4 kW DC system. The solar radiation, temperature, output DC power, and consumed AC power of the system were measured using wireless sensor networks (for temperature and irradiance measurement) and a signal acquisition system for each hour throughout the whole day. A single-axis solar tracker was designed for each panel (16 solar panels were used) using two light-dependent resistors (LDR) as detecting light sensors, one servo motor, an Arduino Uno, and a 250 W solar panel installed with an array tilt angle of 21°. Finally, an artificial neural network (ANN) was utilized to estimate energy consumption, according to the dataset of AC load power consumption for each month and the measurement values of the temperature and irradiance. The relative error between the measured and estimated energy was calculated in order to assess the accuracy of the proposed ANN model and update the weights of the training network. The maximum absolute relative error of the proposed system did not exceed 2 × 10−4. After assessment of the proposed model, the ANN results showed that the average energy in the region of the case study from a 4 kW DC solar system for one year, considering environmental impact, was around 8431 kWh/year.

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Analysis of the Solar Collectors Installation on a Roof of the Small Public Building in Poland, Lithuania and Spain—A Case Study

Proceedings ◽

10.3390/proceedings2201272 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (20) ◽

pp. 1272 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Dorota Anna Krawczyk ◽

Mirosław Żukowski ◽

Antonio Rodero ◽

Ruta Bilinskiene

Keyword(s):

Solar Radiation ◽

Tilt Angle ◽

Solar Collector ◽

Simulation Software ◽

Hot Water ◽

Government Support ◽

Office Building ◽

Radiation Balance ◽

Solar Collectors

A solar collector market is most European countries is at the stage of continuous development, however its expansion rate differs. It shows that much more factors than only the local solar radiation is important, including a technology progress, costs, local manufactures’ engagement, an economic government support or an environmentally consciousness raising relevant to a mitigating climate change. We conducted the analysis for a public office building, with a few toilets and a social room, used by 54 people. As a primary heat source for HVAC and DHW systems an oil boiler was used, whereas solar collectors were considered as an energy source for hot water preparation. The analysis was conducted for three locations of the building: Bialystok (Poland), Cordoba (Spain) and Kaunas (Lithuania), using a simulation software delivered within the framework of VIPSKILLS project. Theoretical hot water consumption was considered as 3–7 dm3/(day person) in compliance with national recommendations. It was found that beam solar radiation share in a total radiation balance was nearly twice higher in Cordoba than in Bialystok or Kaunas. The highest efficiency (44%) was estimated in Cordoba for solar collectors installed with the tilt angle between 45–50°. In case of Bialystok and Kaunas the efficiency was lower than in Cordoba and nearly equal 40–41% and the recommended tilt angle was in a range 30– 45°.

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Study on Solar Radiation Models in South Korea for Improving Office Building Energy Performance Analysis

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su8060589 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (6) ◽

pp. 589 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Kee Kim ◽

John Oh ◽

WoonSeong Jeong

Keyword(s):

Performance Analysis ◽

Solar Radiation ◽

South Korea ◽

Building Energy ◽

Energy Performance ◽

Office Building ◽

Building Energy Performance

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IMPACT ON THE APPLICATION OF INSULATION IN BUILDINGS TO ACHIEVE THERMAL COMFORT (A CASE STUDY: LAUSER OFFICE BUILDING IN BANDA ACEH)

Journal of Islamic Architecture ◽

10.18860/jia.v3i2.2579 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 94

Author(s):

Nova Purnama Lisa ◽

Zuraihan Zuraihan

Keyword(s):

Solar Radiation ◽

Thermal Comfort ◽

Thermal Insulation ◽

Building Materials ◽

Office Building ◽

Heat Radiation ◽

Cooling Load ◽

The Third ◽

Simulation Results ◽

The Impact

<p class="Keywords">From the results of research studies on the impact of the use of insulation in buildings, reducing solar radiation on buildings to improve indoor comfort by applying the Principles of radiation reduction in buildings naturally using insulation application that serves as an insulator against the building materials, use of thermal insulation in particular mounted on the roof of the building and the walls are located on second floor and the third floor Lauser office building, Calculate the cooling load for each room that was on second floor and the third floor based on the geographical location or position of the building, climate data, building material data , and the intensity of the spatial characteristics which include lighting, solar radiation, user activity and electrical appliances being used. The calculation is done with the help of Ecotech v.5, 2011. The location and position on the third floor of a building with a flat roof cast concrete, so that the heat absorbed by the platform, and two times greater than the amount of heat radiation is absorbed by the material in the direction of the light falling the sun is at an angle <30°C. The simulation results on the building with the addition of thermal insulation on all walls and the roof of the inside of the foam material ultrafolmadehid, without changing the model building and similar activities in accordance with the existing condition and the condition of the room using the air conditioner at a temperature of 18-26°C, indicating a decrease in cooling load signifinikan in any space reaches 40% of the total cooling load required on the lauser office building. Comparing the simulation results Ecotech temperature v.5 2011 with field measurements as a validation of the simulation results in order to achieve thermal comfort in buildings and can menggurangi use energy consumption in buildings and can be used as a reference in planning space-based conditioning systems energy efficient.</p>

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SOLAR RADIATION STUDY IN BENGHAZI CITY AND MODELING, EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION OF A PV PANEL

ERJ. Engineering Research Journal ◽

10.21608/erjm.2009.69345 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 32 (3) ◽

pp. 299-304

Author(s):

Adel A. Abosuina ◽

Mahmoud Shaker

Keyword(s):

Solar Radiation ◽

Experimental Verification ◽

Pv Panel ◽

Radiation Study

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Hepatocyte Alterations in Guinea Pigs FED Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), Dibenzodioxins (PCDD), AND DIBENZOFURANS (PCDF)

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100053085 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 40 ◽

pp. 56-57

Author(s):

J. N. Turner ◽

D. N. Collins

Keyword(s):

Guinea Pigs ◽

Room Temperature ◽

Dose Group ◽

Methyl Cellulose ◽

Uranyl Acetate ◽

Target Organ ◽

Office Building ◽

Lead Citrate ◽

Control Groups ◽

Cooling Fluid

A fire involving an electric service transformer and its cooling fluid, a mixture of PCBs and chlorinated benzenes, contaminated an office building with a fine soot. Chemical analysis showed PCDDs and PCDFs including the highly toxic tetra isomers. Guinea pigs were chosen as an experimental animal to test the soot's toxicity because of their sensitivity to these compounds, and the liver was examined because it is a target organ. The soot was suspended in 0.75% methyl cellulose and administered in a single dose by gavage at levels of 1,10,100, and 500mgm soot/kgm body weight. Each dose group was composed of 6 males and 6 females. Control groups included 12 (6 male, 6 female) animals fed activated carbon in methyl cellulose, 6 males fed methyl cellulose, and 16 males and 10 females untreated. The guinea pigs were sacrificed at 42 days by suffocation in CO2. Liver samples were immediately immersed and minced in 2% gluteraldehyde in cacadylate buffer at pH 7.4 and 4°C. After overnight fixation, samples were postfixed in 1% OsO4 in cacodylate for 1 hr at room temperature, embedded in epon, sectioned and stained with uranyl acetate and lead citrate.

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