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In this work, we studied the effect of external climatic conditions on the evolution of the daily solar flux incident on the walls of a building located at Adrar region in the South of Algeria. This building is designed for heating or air conditioning applications. Numerical simulations allowed to compare the variation of the incident solar flux over a full day on the south, east, north and west walls of the building to the values of the solar flux on a horizontal wall (the outer ceiling). The horizontal global solar flux is calculated using a Gaussian sinusoidal function. The simulations were carried out in the case of a building located in a desert zone. The results of the numerical simulation showed the effect of the orientation of the building on the evolution of the incident daily solar flux.

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This work allows the study of evolution of the daily solar fluxes incident on the walls of a habitable enclosure located in Adrar according to the variation of the actual climatic conditions of this desert zone and also to the different possible wall orientations.

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The data required for the establishment of the solar energy balance (direct and diffuse flux calculations) are obtained by considering a sinusoidal variation of the ambient temperature and of the overall flux received on a horizontal wall and by considering the actual data of the maximum solar flux and the minimum and maximum temperatures recorded for the considered months on the Adrar site.

Dr OUDRANE ABDELLATIF
Faculté des Sciences et Technologie Université Ahmed Draya d’Adrar

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This page is a summary of: Study and Simulation of the Density of the Incident Solar Flux on the Walls of a Building in Adrar, Algeria, Engineering Technology & Applied Science Research, October 2017, Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research,
DOI: 10.48084/etasr.1337.
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