Assignment-I: Unit- I: Estimation of solar Radiation
Submission: 19th March 2025
1. What is the resource of the solar energy? How the solar radiation reaches to the earth’s
surface?
2. What are main reasons for variation in solar radiation received on the earth than
outside the earth atmosphere?
3. Define the following terms related to solar energy
i) Beam radiation
ii) ii) Diffused radiation
iii) Total radiation
iv) Terrestrial radiation
v) Extra-terrestrial radiation
vi) Solar constant and standard value Air mass and standard value.
vii) Tilt factor
4. What are three components of solar radiation on an inclined plane?
5. Describe the principal steps of calculation to determine the solar radiation on inclined
(tilted) surface?
6. Suggest a setup of measurement devices to monitor beam and diffused radiation on the
horizontal plane.