A novel intelligent water drops optimization approach for estimating global solar radiation

• Main Authors: Bagheri Tolabi, Hajar, Hosseini, Reza, Shakarami, Mahmoud Reza, Md. Ayob, Shahrin, Rizwan, Mohammed Ashif
• Format: Article
• Published: Materials and Energy Research Center 2015
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/55749/; http://dx.doi.org/10.5829/idosi.ije.2015.28.05b.08

Measurement of the solar radiance requires utilization of expensive devices. To address this issue, estimator models are used to facilitate the measurement process. In this paper, a new method based on the empirical equations is introduced to estimate the monthly average of daily global solar radiat...