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Information on Solar irradiation and duration of night can be obtained from a solar atlas, from the local meteorological offic
from various Internet sites. IALA provides further information on how to acquire that data from public sources in the intern
http://www.iala-aism.org/products-projects/technical-area/calculation-working-tools/solar-sizing-tool.
Password "IALA"
Record of modifications
Cells affected Sheet Modification
ENG6
C21:C44 simulation Cells will be filled with calculated night time hours, if no data is found in sheet "radiation & d
B21:B38 simulation input cells moved to "radiation & duration of night"
B17 simulation expanded to a 2 years periode
Further work
include auxillary loads, if possible (e.g. fog horn (weather dependent), racon (traffic depend
separat sheet for printing
Check for night time: On high latitudes at long nights (24h) a switchlevel might give a wrong
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25/12 days instead of 31
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a switchlevel might give a wrong result due to the fact that night time and switchlevel are summed up to a day of more than 24 hours
et less accurate in higher latitudes.
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This link willl provide further information on how to get solar data from web based sources.