I knew from the beginning and I had to play ignorance to set TERRA. It is best to use the standard value 1 KW/M^2 and not using the daily KWH because is not "real " for too many places on TERRA.
Gives miss-concepts and erroneous values to many users. Regards & PAX TERRA Nando ----- Original Message ----- From: "Manfred Mornhinweg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 1:24 PM Subject: [microhydro] Re: Reaction Turbine System for Home > Dear Nando, > >> It seems that I living in a different planet, because in my Terra the >> Sun produces 1 KW/M2, where are you located to produce 3 or 5 KWH/M2? > > No, we actually live on the same planet... The problem is just that you > didn't read the post carefully enough! I will repost the relevant > sentence from my post: > > >> At my latitude (30 degrees) I would count on 5kWh > >> per day per square meter in summer. > > Did you read it with enough detention this time? It's an ENERGY of 5 > kilowatt HOURS, PER DAY, per square meter. Of course, the highest power > density you can except of the sun is roughly 1kW per square meter, but > considering that you have sun for 10 to 14 hours a day, and that during > most of these hours the power density is less than 1kW/m2, getting down > to zero at the start and the end of each day, it seems very reasonable > that the total energy collected during one full day from each square > meter is in the neighborhood of 5kWh for my location (30 degrees), and > closer to 3kWh at a certain latitude farther away from the equator, as > assumed by the author of the original post, who also clearly stated > energy per day and not power: > >>>>> I would expect that the sun radiates energy at about 3kWhr per >>>>> square meter per day at temperate areas > > Clear? > > Well, you don't need to blush. When I first read the original post, I > also jumped: "That's wrong! It's only 1kW per square meter!" But then I > read again, and noticed he was writing about energy per day, and not > power. Case solved... > > Cheers, > Manfred. > > > > ---------------------------- > Visit my hobby website! > http://ludens.cl > ---------------------------- > > > > > > > Does your company feature in the microhydro business directory at > http://microhydropower.net/directory ? If not, please register free of > charge and be exposed to the microhydro community world wide! > > NOTE: The advertisements in this email are added by Yahoogroups who > provides us with free email group services. The microhydro-group does not > endorse products or support the advertisements in any way. > > More information on micro hydropower at http://microhydropower.net > > To unsubscribe: send empty message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Does your company feature in the microhydro business directory at http://microhydropower.net/directory ? If not, please register free of charge and be exposed to the microhydro community world wide! NOTE: The advertisements in this email are added by Yahoogroups who provides us with free email group services. The microhydro-group does not endorse products or support the advertisements in any way. More information on micro hydropower at http://microhydropower.net To unsubscribe: send empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microhydro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
