Author:Roberts, DEDate:Dec 2013We derive from first principles an analytical expression for a figure of merit (FM) for a selective solar absorber in a single glazed flat plate water heater. We first show that the efficiency of a collector with an absorber with absorptance ...Read more
Author:Kekana, H; Landwehr, Gregory BDate:Jun 2019The wind capacity factor calculator is developed to perform two main tasks: to estimate the annual energy production from the wind resource at any location in South Africa, and to compare the two datasets used in its operation with standard ...Read more