Latest revision as of 16:03, 5 December 2018

Solar Energy Acronyms

Acronym	Meaning	Units
TSW	Thermal Storage Wall
DHW	Domestic Hot water
HWB	Hot Water Boiler
EPC	Engineering, Procurement and Construction
LDs	Liquidated Damages
O&M	Operations and Maintenance
S	monthly solar insolation absorbed
GPD	Gallons per day
SLR	solar load ratio
NLC	net building load coeficent
SSF	solar savings factor
LCR	load colector ratio
UA	?
COG	center of glass
MAX	matched asymtotic expansions
DIRECT	DIstributed REsource Computing Tool
DG	distributed generation
LON	local longitude	degrees
AST	apparent solar time
LSM	local standand time meridian
Ac	System size	m^2
fs	fraction of heat load
CRF	Cost Recovery Factor
BLC	building loss coeficent
DD	degree day
LOEP	loss of energy probability	%
PV	photovoltaic	NA
SPGR	specific gravity
SOC	state of charge
DOD	depth of discharge
MPPT	maximum power point tracker	NA
mAH	milli-Amp hour	mAH
S.A.P.V.	Stand allown photovoltaic	NA
BFV	?
NOCT	normal cell temperature	C
FF	fill factor
TRW	companies PV cell electrical model	NA
DHW	domestic hot water	NA
CFD	cumulative frequency distribution
GCR	ground cover ratio	%
DOC	depth of charge
EOT	Equation of time	NA
SHGF	solar heat gain factor
IRR	internal rate of return
P.O.P	Payback period
Q	volume air flow rate	m^3/s
F	heat loss per length	W/m/C
hfg	enthropy of vaporization	kJ/kg
cp	specific heat	kJ/kg/K
q	heat loss
HDD	heating degree days	C*days
DHC	Diurnal Heat Capacity	Btu/degree(F)/ft^2
EHC	Effective Heat Capacity
SHGF	Solar Heat Gain Factor
VT	Visible transmmitance
SC	shading coeficent

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-=Solar Energy Acronyms=
+=Solar Energy [[Acronym]]s=
 {|border="1"
@@ Line 5: / Line 5: @@
 !Meaning
 !Units
+|-
+|TSW
+|Thermal Storage Wall
+|
+|-
+|DHW
+|Domestic Hot water
+|
+|-
+|HWB
+|Hot Water Boiler
+|
+|-
+|EPC
+|Engineering, Procurement and Construction
+|
+|-
+|LDs
+|Liquidated Damages
+|
+|-
+|O&M
+|Operations and Maintenance
+|
 |-
 |S
@@ Line 55: / Line 79: @@
 |-
 |AST
-|aparent solar time
+|apparent solar time
 |-
 |LSM