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Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / Solar energy | | Spanish term or phrase: a la superficie del módulo y el meridiano del lugar | This is an article about how to design buildings more efficiently by optimizing energy demand and photovoltaic energy generation. Actually, I need help with the phrase between the asterisks. This is about the second part of the phrase. I have included more context. The problem sentence is the following:
El ángulo de inclinación β corresponde al ángulo que forma la superficie de los módulos con el plano horizontal y su valor está entre 0° y 90° (ver figura 7). En este caso se ha escogido la inclinación óptima para un periodo de diseño anual , siendo la latitud del lugar de diseño.
El ángulo de azimut α define el ***ángulo entre la proyección sobre el plano horizontal de la normal a la superficie del módulo y el meridiano del lugar***, con valores entre -90° y 90° |
| | | at the surface/plane of the module and the meridian of the location | Explanation:
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Note added at 12 mins (2012-01-15 09:38:40 GMT)
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"...to define the angle between the projection over the horizontal plane perpendicular to the surface/plane of the module and the meridian of the location."
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".....perpendicular to the plane formed by the module and the meridian of the location."
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Note added at 16 mins (2012-01-15 09:42:21 GMT)
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Azimuth = the horizontal component of the direction of a celestial object from the observer, expressed as an angular distance from the north or south point of the horizon. http://www.wordreference.com/definition/azimuth
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Note added at 20 mins (2012-01-15 09:46:22 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azimuth - this gives a good explanation with a diagram. |
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