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CHAPTER 13
1957 Guide
Table 6.
Values op the Wall Solar Azimuth, y, fob Variously Oriented Walls and Solar Altitude
Computed for IS Deg Declination, North (August 1)
Sun Time
Solar
Altitude fiDegrees
.Azimuth Angle y Degrees
AM-* 1
6 a.m. 7 8 9
6 p.m. 5 4 3
10 2
11 1 12
9.0 21.6 34.5 47.5
60.0 72.0 78.0
74 81
shade
NE
29 36 43 51
SE SW
16 61 9 54 2 47 shade 6 84
17 73
038 7 52 shade
90 45
45
5 a.m.
8 7 8
7 p.m.
9
10 11 12
0.5 11.5 23.0 34.5
45.5 56.0 64.5 68.0
66 76 85 shade
21 31 40 50
61 76 shade
24 14
5 5
16 31 55 90
59 50 shade 40 85
29 74 14 59 shade 10 80 45 45
5 a.m. 6 7 8
7 p.m. 6 5 4
4.5 13.5 23.5 33.0
42.0 50.0 56.0 58.0
67 78 90shade
22 33 45 57
70 87 shade
23
102
12
25 42 64 90
57 45 90 33 78
20 65 3 48 shade
019 26 71
45 45
Ai-
NW SW SE
Values of K for other seasons and latitudes may be found in the litera ture,7 or may be computed from data given in Hydrographic Office Bulletin No. 214, Tables of Computed Altitude and Azimuth8 and the Ephemeris of the Sun.8 Table 7 shows the variation of solar declination during the
months ordinarily requiring cooling.
Example 1: Find the solar azimuth <j> at 6:30 p.m. at 40 deg north latitude od August 1st.
Solution: From Table 6 in the column of y for a wall facing west <f> for 6:00 P-iR-' is 90 4- 14 = 104 deg, and at 7:00 p.m. is 90 + 24 = 114 deg. By interpolation, for 6:30 p.m. is 109 deg west of south (at 5:30 a.m. <t> would be 109 deg east of south.)-
Example B: Find K for a wall facing 18 deg east of south at 10:00 a.m. on August. 1 at 50 deg north latitude.
Solution: The wall azimuth is 18 deg. The solar azimuth is 48 deg east (Table .6). The wall solar azimuth is 48 -- 18 or 30 deg. From Table 6, 0 is 50 deg. Then
K = cos 0 cos y = cos 50 X cos 30 -- 0.643 X 0.866 = 0.557.
Table 7. Approximate Solar Declinations in Degrees
Date
April 1 April 15 May 1 May 15
Declination
4.5 10.0 15.0 19.0
Date
June 1 June 15 July 1 July 15
Declination
22.0 23.5 23.0 21.5
Date
Aug. 1 Aug. 15 Sept. 1 Sept. 15
Declination
18.0 14.0 8.5 3.0
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Example S: Find K for the wall in Example B at 3:00 p.m. Solution: The solar azimuth is 65 deg west. The wall solar azimuth is therefore 65 + 18 = 83 deg. The angle 0 is 42 deg.
K = cos 42 X cos 83 = 0.743 X 0.122 = 0.091. Example 4: Find the total solar irradiation for the wall for the conditions of Example B. Solution: Use clear atmosphere solar intensities. At 50 deg altitude, the direct normal radiation is 273 Btu per (hr) (sq ft). Then,
Id = K X Inn = 0.557 X 273 = 152.0 Btu per (hr) (sq ft). By linear interpolation, the diffuse irradiation is
7d = 25 + JJ (33 - 25) = 26.6 Btu per (hr) (sq ft). The total solar irradiation is
It = 152.0 + 26.6 = 178.6 Btu per (hr)(sq ft).
PERIODIC HEAT FLOW THROUGH WALLS AND ROOFS
The calculation of heat flow, through a structural section of a building exposed to the weather, requires consideration of the diurnal cycles of solar irradiation and air temperature. These cycles and other factors lead to a periodic variation in the instantaneous rate of heat flow into the weather surface, and a related periodic variation in the rate of heat flow into the air conditioned space. Because of heat capacity and other factors, these heat flow cycles are, in general, out of time phase arid unequal in amplitude.
In order to calculate the rate of heat entry into the weather surface of a building, it is necessary to know:
h The intensity of direct solar radiation striking the surface. 2. The absorptivity (or reflectivity) of the surface for direct solar radiation. 3. The intensity of diffuse or sky solar radiation striking the surface. 4. The absorptivity (or reflectivity) of the surface for diffuse or sky solar radia tion.
5. The rate at which the surface emits radiation to the sky and other surroundings. 6. The rate at which the surface absorbs the low temperature radiation emitted
by the sky and other surroundings by virtue of their temperatures and radiat ing characteristics. 7. The temperature of the surrounding air. 8- The temperature of the outer building surface. 9. The unit convective conductance for heat transfer between the air and the building surface.
The Sol-Air Temperature
. The complex interrelationship of the above factors can be considerably simplified through the use of the sol-air temperature concept.. The sol*** temperature U is the temperature of the outdoor air, which, in the absence of all radiation exchanges, would give the same rate of heat entry into the surface as would exist with the actual combination of incident solar radiation, radiant energy exchange with the sky and other outdoor sur roundings, and convective heat exchange with the outdoor air.
The sol-air temperature data5 -6 10 as developed by Mackey and Wright
or an industrial atmosphere were used as a basis for preparing Table 8 showing summer design sol-air temperatures. Sol-air temperatures may 180 be estimated from experimental observation of surface temperatures