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In this course, you will :
- Be able to use the software for simple solar heating thermal models by the end of this course.
Syllabus :
1. Solar Energy Fundamentals
- Solar Energy Fundamentals
- Worldwide Weather Data
- Ground Models
2. Software used to Create Thermal Models with Solar Energy
- Radiation Heat Transfer
- Software Used for Thermal Models Involving Solar Heating
3. Detailed Tutorial Problem
- Tutorial Workshop Problem PDF File
- Introduction to the Tutorial workshop
- Creating the Geometry
- Adding Materials and Properties
- Meshing
- Thermal Radiation Loads
- Environment Simulation Module (ESM) Setup
- Running the model for the first time
- Viewing the Results
- Rerunning the Thermal Model in the Background
4. Adding a Near Field Ground Model
- Creating the Geometry for the Near Field Ground (NFG)
- Adding Material Properties for the NFG Model
- Meshing the Ground Model
- Creating Temperature and Radiation Loads for the NFG Model
- ESM Setup for NFG Model
- Running the Thermal Model
- Viewing the Results in Patran
- Viewing the Results in Thermal Studio
5. Changing the Date and Location of the Model
- Changing the Date for the Model
- Changing the Location on the Earth
- Running the Thermal Model at the New Location
- Comparing the Results to the Original Location
6. Using the Design Day Feature for Simulating Worst Cases
- Setting up a Design Day
- Rerunning the Model
- Viewing the Results
