Volume 9, Issue 3 (March 2022), Pages: 39-45

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Assessment of the potentials of solar energy and radiation at the Islamic University of Medina

 Author(s): Azzedine Draou ^1, *, Salah Al Ahmadi ¹, Abdelaziz Salah Saidi ^{2, 3}

 Affiliation(s):

 ¹Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Islamic University in Madinah, Saudi Arabia
 ²Department of Electric Systems, National School of Engineers, University of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
 ³Department of Electrical Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1349-9504

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2022.03.005

 Abstract:

The availability of radiation measurements is an essential factor in the evaluation of solar potential when a photovoltaic plant is to be installed. This paper addresses an assessment of the measurements and analysis of solar radiation in Medina, Saudi Arabia. The actual measurements are taken from a meteorological station located on the roof of the Engineering laboratory building at the Islamic University in Medina, KSA. The obtained results are satisfactory and prove the reliability of the constructed numerical models. 

 © 2022 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Solar radiation measurements, Inclined surface, Optimum tilt angle, Gained energy

 Article History: Received 19 January 2021, Received in revised form 23 May 2021, Accepted 27 December 2021

 Acknowledgment 

This project was funded by the Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR), at the Islamic University of Medinah, under short-term research Takamul 11 project with Grant No. 187. The authors, therefore, acknowledge with thanks to DSR for technical and financial support.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Draou A, Al Ahmadi S, and Saidi AS (2022). Assessment of the potentials of solar energy and radiation at the Islamic University of Medina. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 9(3): 39-45

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