Application Of Systems Modeling Software In Solar Energy Harnessing

By Alyce Powell


Imagine building a tall building without a model. It can be a very frustrating task, but with the coming of systems modeling software a lot of these impossible structures have become very possible. All one need to know is one or two variables that affect its performance and that of the structure in mind. Nowhere else apart from in the field of architecture is this application used than in the energy sector where solar energy models are designed to collect as much of the sun rays as possible. The cost and required energy are the two factors changed to get various model designs.

During the sizing of a structure, a building or a region, the person carrying out this whole operation puts all climatic and environmental factors into consideration. These organizations go as far of obtaining information from institutions such as the NASA to get to know more on the weather conditions of a place. Of their importance is the amount and intensity of solar radiation. The cost of production and all this process can also be approximated.

It is proven that amount of incident solar radiations differ from one place to another. Its intensity also differs then. As one moves from a lake region deep to the main land the solar intensity changes drastically. Around the lake the radiation is extremely high with a lot of heat energy as compared to that of a mainland. Therefore this differing rates of solar energy as one moves from one place to another dictates that after a model has been properly demonstrated.

During this modeling also, the life span of solar batteries must be put to consideration. The performances of such batteries are affected by environmental factors ranging from temperatures to its own internally build factors such as it charging plus discharging properties among the battery features. In order to check on the operation and performance of this batteries and there life span, all this factors must be considered.

Real structures need maintenance and repair because they wear out with time. The designed structures must always depict the same. A used battery cannot at any given time perform as efficiently as a new one. This puts more work on the designers to find solutions to counter this unavoidable short coming. This issue has to be addressed during the design stage otherwise the same situation will be transferred to the main structure.

On finding the amount of solar energy this solar panel structure can harness in a specific locality, it should be put up in that region and coded in such a way that it produces the same energy as specified. It should be programmed so as to enable it generate the same power even on a cloudy day. This way its users are not affected on such extreme weather days.

A solar harnessing structure that reproduces the same power even in adverse weather conditions is lucrative. The battery should discharge during this period but it should be checked so that it does not discharge for long until it destroys the battery lest one incurs the expensive cost of getting another.

Without systems modeling software construction of importance structures and instruments would be difficult. Monumental buildings would not be seen apart from the solar energy clearly harvested with the aid of this software.




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