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The terms and definitions included in this glossary were taken from "ASHRAE Terminology of Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration".
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solar constant

 

solar radiation incident on a surface normal to the sun’s rays outside the earth’s atmosphere at a distance from the sun equal to the mean distance between the earth and the sun. Its value is approximately 433 Btu/h·ft2 (1367 W/m2).

 

 





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