Estimating the horizontal diffuse solar radiation over the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey

ARAS H., Balli O., Hepbasli A.

ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT, cilt.47, ss.2240-2249, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 47
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.enconman.2005.11.024
  • Dergi Adı: ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2240-2249
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: diffuse solar radiation, empirical correlation model, hybrid correlation model, solar energy, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey, AVERAGE GLOBAL RADIATION, MODELS, FRACTION
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The main objective of the present study is to develop new hybrid models to predict the monthly average daily diffuse solar radiation on a horizontal surface over Turkey's Central Anatolia Region (CAR), which covers the 12 provinces (Afyon, Ankara, Cankiri, Corum, Eskisehir, Kayseri, Kirsehir, Konya, Nevsehir, Nigde, Sivas and Yozgat), as an example. The models proposed by many investigators to estimate the diffuse solar radiation were reviewed. Although the global solar radiation and sunshine duration have been measured by the Turkish State Meteorological Service (DMI) over all the country since 1964, the diffuse solar radiation has not been measured. The twelve new hybrid models for estimating the monthly average daily diffuse solar radiation on a horizontal surface in the CAR were validated, and thus, the most accurate model was selected for guiding future projects. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.