2006-11-19 05:38:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Yes, the exact equation is wattage is directly proportional to the sine of the angle of the sunlight that strikes the collector. If you know your trigonometry, that means 70.7% for an angle of 45 degrees and 50% for an angle of 30 degrees, and 86.6% for an angle of 60 degrees. Anything above 60 degrees will approach 100% at 90 degrees, or "straight on". The great majority of your power will come at sun anges in excess of 45 degrees. This calculation assumes 100% absorbtion of the incident light regardless of the angle of incidence. In reality this is not quite true either, causing low sun angles to be even less efficient than the above calculation, due to sunlight refrecting off of the surface and thus not being absorbed. I hope this helps.
2006-11-19 05:50:57 · answer #1 · answered by Sciencenut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it affects the power produced. The closer the the ray`s striking angle to 90 degrees the more power is produced relatively, this is due to the fact that the more slant the stike angel is the more "Diluted" the sunlight is, this`s bcos of the distance travelled thru the atmosphere getting larger & larger the more the rays are slant. So the energy dessipated to the atmosphere is directly propotional to the ray`s striking angel.
2006-11-19 06:34:22 · answer #2 · answered by Cosmaurice 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Angle of Sun's rays at any place decide the season in that place, because more the angle less is the energy pouring down. Similarly, solar cells should produce less energy if the angle is more.
2006-11-19 06:28:07 · answer #3 · answered by ramshi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, the only thing that affects the amount of power thats produced is the amount of power it receives
for instance, if theres no sunlight, theres no power
if theres only a little sunlight, theres a little bit of power
and you know the rest
it doesnt matter about the angle it hits the cell....what matters is the amount that hits the cell
2006-11-19 07:28:25 · answer #4 · answered by lilmissgrunger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. No extra rays are being "sucked in." purely fairly of falling on the floor, the gentle potential is falling on a image voltaic cellular. Plus the gentle "photons (rays)" haven't any gravity potential to flow products.
2016-11-29 06:56:35 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but the brightness of it does up to the limit that the cell can produce.
2006-11-19 05:40:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes big time
2006-11-19 05:43:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-19 05:41:42 · answer #8 · answered by Patrick L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋