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From: rstevew@armory.com (Richard Steven Walz)
Subject: Re: Solar Insolation Levels
Organization: The Armory
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 07:32:28 GMT
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In article <DBAILEY.94Aug8095057@cuboid.ai.mit.edu>,
David W. Bailey <dbailey@ai.mit.edu> wrote:
>The standard approximation for solar insloation is 1kW/m^2.  This is
>how much power you could collect if you had a 100% efficient device.
>I too participated in Sunrayce 93, for the Rose-Hulman Solar Phantom,
>and helped design our solar array. The 900-1000W number that Brynn
>mentions is the power coming off of the array alone.  When you include
>what was in our batteries from charging (from the sun) during the
>evenings and mornings, we could get another 4kW-hr or so of energy to
>use as we saw fit during the race day.
>
>And while I have your attention, does anyone have any new information
>on those TI Al foil/Si beads solar cells?
>--
>David W. Bailey					MIT Ultimate
>dbailey@ai.mit.edu				
>The Leg Lab					AT Thruhike
>MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory		GA-->ME `92
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No, but thanks for the figures.
-Steve Walz  rstevew@armory.com

