Solar Radiation
Solar Radiation is a measure of the radiation emitted by the sun. This panel is used to specify the global solar radiative heat flux and parameters for the model.
Description
- Solar heat fluxThe solar heat flux can be defined using the Create button in the panel. The values should be defined using a Time-Flux Vector table which capture the change is solar heat flux as the sun moves across the sky. The table can be either:
- Created Manually by entering the values
- Or imported (using .csv, .dat, .txt formats) using the Create
button in the panel.
- Advanced Options
These options are set to an adequate default. Most of the time, you need not change these values.
- Number of rays: Number of rays for the solar heat flux calculation.
- Number of sub-rays: Number of sub-rays a ray is split into for diffuse reflections and transmissions.
- Maximum ray reflections: Maximum number of times a single ray is allowed to reflect before it is terminated.
- Minimum ray energy: Minimum relative energy a ray is allowed to have before it is terminated.
- Redistribution factor: Factor for distributing the remaining energy of a terminated ray.
- Smoothing: Flag specifying whether to spatially smooth the solar heat flux.