SolarPaths® yearly solar energy evaluator

Copyright ©, 2008-2009 Pietro Cecchi

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 Pietro Cecchi is the author of ‘SolarPaths’

 

lastly modified on January 05 2009

 

Program description

This program draws solar paths for any latitude and for any day of the year. It allows the precise calculation of the incident radiation over a solar panel, either thermal either photovoltaic.

 

The program uses formulas found on wikipedia at this web link:

 

Celestial Coordinate System

 

Here is how it looks like:

 

Sample drawing – One single click and draw a sample solar path [over Rome on summer solstice]

 

A bit of theory on the matter:

 

Calculate the total amount on solar radiation which incides on a solar panel differently oriented, over an year:

 

Exporting the solar diagram in a bitmap file:

 

The question mark menu:

 

How to reassign buttons latitude values:

 

…and options dates values:

 

All equinoxes (L=0° is equator, L=90° is north pole):

 

All summer solstices  (L=0° is equator, L=90° is north pole):

 

 

 

Here is the credits window, which gives a bit of glory to the author:

 

 

And here the little help, to illustrate the simple usage of the program:

 

 

 

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SolarPaths draws solar paths for any latitude and for any day of the year.

It allows the precise calculation of the incident radiation over a solar panel.
OS: Windows (all)
File Size: 1.912.114 bytes
License: Free

 

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Contact

For any problem or information please don’t hesitate to contact me here.

 

We thank you very much for the interest in our programming.

 

 The staff of Pietro ing. Cecchi