Corrigenda for Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, Fourth Ed.

J. A. Duffie and W. A. Beckman

2/24/2014

First Printing
Page Where Change
14 Table1.6.1 The values for were obtained using Eqn 1.6.1a
31 Example 1.9.1 Latitude is 45
119 3
rd
line of Solution k
T
should be k
T

120 Table header K
T
should be k
T

2
nd
line after eqn k
T
should be k
T

125 last line 1.58 should be 0.158
186 Column
mid
should be 0.416, 0.492, 0.559, 0.627, 0.700, 0.786, 0.885, 1.038, 1.257, 1.750
191 at midpoint should be 0.42, 0.49, 0.56. 0.63, 0.70, 0.79, 0.89, 1.04, 1.26, 1,75
229 Eqn 5.11.1 +A
i
should be /A
i

230 11 lines up from bottom 0.7 should be 0.3
10 lines up from bottom 1.62 should be 0.70 and 9.18 should be 8.26
8 lines up from bottom 12.2 should be 10.84
7 lines up from bottom 8.18/12.2 = 0.75 should be 8.26/10.84 = 0.76
6 lines up from bottom 75% should be 76%
232 2
nd
line up from bottom Should read: Instantaneous noon-time measured
233 Line above Solution Add:
g
is 0.2
286 Eqn for h Exponent should be -1.21
287 Result of p calculation Change 307 Pa to 30.7 Pa
314 Back-insulation thickness 0.007 m should be 0.07 m
315 15 lines from top Should read: The effective sky temperature
11 lines from bottom Change 19.75C to 19.75
391 Last Eqn on page Second T
i
should be T
i-1







Corrigenda for Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, Third Ed.
J. A. Duffie and W. A. Beckman

3/28/2013

Third and subsequent Printings

Page Where Change
8 Table 1.3.1b 1
st
row Change "0.3000.364" to "0.2500.364"
19 Equation for
s
( )
1
cos 70.3sin 43 sin( 2.4)
60 cos 66.8
sin 70.3cos 43
s
SIGN


= =



28 Equation for R
b
Change sin 10 in denominator to sin 40
36 First line after Solution Change (2.87-1.05)/1.82 to (1.82/(2.87-1.05))
62 15 lines from top Change 1 mm to 1m
66 Second line after Solution Change Figure 1.10.1 to either Table or Figure 1.10.1
71 End of Example 2.8.2 Add black square after table.
93 Example 2.16.1 Solution From Example 2.15.1, I = 1.04 MJ/m
2
, I
b
= 0.244 MJ/m
2
,
I
d
= 0.796 MJ/m
2
, I
o
= 2.34 MJ/m
2
, and R
b
= 1.71.
From Equation 2.16.3,
A
i
= 0.244/2.34 = 0.104
The modulating factor f, from Equation 2.16.6, is
0.244 1.04 0.484 f = =
Then from Equation 2.16.7,

( )
( )
3
2
0.244 0.796 0.104 1.71
1 cos 60
0.796 1 0.104 1 0.484sin 30
2
1 cos 60
1.04 0.60
2
0.559 0.567 0.156 1.28 MJ/m
T
I = +
+ | |
1
+ +
|
]
\
| |
+
|
\
= + + =

104 Example 2.19.1 Remove extra ) after last 60 in Eqn for
T
H
123 Equation 2.23.3 First R
d
should be R
b
.
Second H should be
d
H .
Equation 2.23.4 Insert large square bracket before first ( and after last )
126 Eqn 2.23.5a Add absolute value bar to left hand side of Otherwise
Eqn 2.23.5c Change the second plus sign to a minus sign
Eqn 2.23.6
o
I should be
o
I
161 Last line of solution Change h=310 to h=308
169 Line before Eqn 3.17.3 Cp should be C
p

177 6
th
line from bottom Change form to from
192 4
th
line from bottom Change C to K
207 First equation Add equals sign after
r
(0)
210 7 lines from top Change 0.003 to 0.002
213 Line 2 and Eqn for Change 0.003 to 0.002
218 Second column of table 0.426, 0.508, 0.581, 0.653, 0.732, 0.822, 0.929, 1.080, 1.300, 1.974
235 Example 5.12.1, line 1 Add radiation on to radiation at solar noon on
Second equation Change G to G
b
+ G
d

Six lines from bottom Change 0.6058 to 0.5576
Five lines from bottom Change 327.8, 440.4, and 768.2 to 377.8, 329.6, and 707.4
236 Eqn for S/S
ref

329.6 377.8 707.4
0.9837 0.926 0.998 0.962 0.854 0.2 0.867 0.146 0.662
1000 1000 1000
ref
S
S
1
= + + =
1
]

254 Solution Line 3 and in two places for U
t
, change 0.846 to 0.844
261 First equation Add units to m of 1/m
282 Eqn for F
1
The exponent should be 2.
284 Equation 6.14.4
2
2
h in denominator should be
2
r
h
286 Equation for L/D
h
Denominator should be 2 0.01
287 Equation 6.14.9 The plus sign should be a minus sign
319 Example 6.24.2 Eqn for K

should be
1
1 0.161 1
cos

+



335 Example 7.3.2 Second line change 167.3 to 156.9
Equation for Q
u
, change 10.6 to 3.82 and 6335 to 8971
Equation for T, change 6335 to 8971 and 36.2 to 51.2
Next line change 167.3+36.2=203.5 to 156.9+51.2=208.1
Last equation, change 6335 to 8971 and 14.6 to 17.5
Next line change (167.3 +203.5)/2+14.6 to (156.9 +208.1)/2+17.5
390 Sentence above Eqn 8.5.3 Change term on the right- to term on the left-
393 Equation for NTU Change 1.204 to 1.006 and then NTU=68.
394 Last Eqn on page Second T
i
should be T
i-1
.
417 Example 9.3.1 In the 4
th
line Change 8.0C to 7.9 C
Change denominator in first equation from 12 to 11 and
yr

becomes 10.60. The DDs for May through August increase by 1.
Change the total DD from 4095 to 4100 and the yearly
a
T to 7.9.

m
=1.72, h=0351 and DD=121
459 Equation 11.5.1 when i = d, N/(N+1) should be N/(i+1).
472 Equation 11.8.3 Missing right parentheses in denominator of 3
rd
line.
558 Equation 14.5.5 f
N
U
L
should be just f
N

577 7 lines from bottom G. G. Jones should be G. F. Jones
679 First row in Table Change 10.2 to 10.1.
681 8 lines from top Change 0.35 to 0.41
Equation for fL fL=10.8, not 10.7
682 Equation for C
min
Change last to /.
688 Line above Solution Change () to ()
n
.
700 Line after Eqn 21.2.2 Reference to Eqn 5.10.5 should be 5.10.4.
708 Table Change last entry in last row from 129.2 to 127.1
709 Last line. Eliminate reference to Equation 21.3.5 and change 21.3.2 to 21.2.4
710 14 lines up from bottom
0.50
0.47
1.07
= =
711 Equation 21.3.11 Change Q
st
to L
S

711 10 lines from top Eqn 21.4.2 should be 21.3.2
753 Eqn 23.2.7 T
ref
should be T
c,ref
two places.
754 Eqn 23.2.10b T
ref
should be T
c,ref

755 Line after Eqn 23.2.12 23.2.10 should be 23.2.7
756 Ex. 23.2.1, 3
rd
line First word in line, As, should be just A (for amp).
Solution

,
,
-10
,
,
-9
52.4
0.9352 V
4.549 A
4.782 10
0.567
0.9666 V at 308.2 K
2.432 10 A at 308.2 K
sh ref
ref
L ref
o ref
s ref
o
R
a
I
I
R
a
I
=
=
=
=
=
=
=

757 8 lines from top "32.2.8" should be "23.2.8"
Solution continued

( )
3
22
10
26
7
273.15 67.2
0.9352 1.068 V
273.15 25
0.684 4.549 0.00026 67.2 25 3.119 A
340.35 1.602 10 1.120 1.107
4.782 10 exp
298.15 1.381 10 298.15 340.35
2.436 10 A
52.4
76
0.684
L
o
sh
a
I
I
R

+
= =
+
= + = 1
]
1 | | | |
=
| | 1

\ \
]
=
= =
( )
.7
The result is 2.69 A, 13.2 V, and 35.5 W.
The cell efficiency is then 35.5/ 0.633 648.3 0.086, or 8.6%.
mp mp mp
I V P

= = =
=

768 Eqn 23.7.4 Replace
T
I with
T
G
771 6 lines from bottom (49 20) should be (46 20)
4 lines from bottom (8 28) should be (8 25)
786 Figure 24.2.6 Abscissa caption should be U not U
787 Eqn 24.2.11 Replace /2 in exponent by /4
First line of text Replace With k = 2 with With k = 2 and U = 10 m/s
805 Table for P 2.26 Units for I and I
bn
should be W-h/m
2

812 Problem 6.4 Plate to cover and cover to cover spacing is 25 mm.
815 Problem 6.25 Last line should be both English and SI units)?
817 Problem 6.33 Change first paragraph to:
For February 16th in Madison, WI for the hour 11 to 12 the incident horizontal radiation is
585 W-hr/m
2
and the ambient temperature is -4.4 C. Assume the sky temperature is equal to the
ambient temperature and the inlet temperature is 35 C.
818 Problem 7.2 0.91 should be 0.31
Problem 7.5 Add Assume h
fi
= 3000 W/m
2
-K.
820 Problem 7.8b Replace ..." with F
R
is 0.9,
Problem 9.1 Replace building with building maintained at 21C.
822 Last line of Prob. 10.6 Replace 0.056 kg/s. with is controlled up to a maximum of
0.056 kg/s so that the air leaving the LHX never exceeds 55 C.
824 Problem 10.10 Add to end The test fluid is water.
826 End of Problem 11.5 Change 10%. to 10%/year.
831 Problem 19.1 Add to list of conditions:
Ground reflectance = 0.2
Single cover
Glass KL=0.0125
Normal solar absorptance = 0.9
After Notes Delete first sentence and replace can affect with can
significantly affect
Add Problem 19.3 Repeat Prob. 19.1 for the first week in July using TMY3 data.
832 End of Page Replace 828 with 821
833 Second line Replace 11.9 with 13.7
Prob. 20.4 after covers add of high quality glass
6
th
line of Prob.20.5 after covers add with KL = 0.0125
End of text of Prob. 21.1 Replace and
g
= 0.2. with
g
=0.2 and Load = 213 GJ.
834 Problem 22.1 Delete 4
th
sentence For the mean.10.8h.
Problem 22.1a Replace last sentence with Estimate the required auxiliary energy.
835 Problem 23.5 Delete the last sentence in brackets and add What is the maximum
power?
843 B.2, definition of H add ; can also be considered as an average daily rate (J/day-m
2
)
Definition of I add to end (J/h-m
2
)
895 Last line RHS Change 360 to 310.
896 Six lines down on RHS Change 338, 360 to 296, 310.
897 Flow rate corrections Change 354 to 307
F
R
Change 279, 354, 329 to 264, 280, 290, 329

First and Second Printings

Page Where Change
8 Table 1.3.1b 1
st
row See correction for 3
rd
printing.
11 footnote "divide" should be "multiply"
14 Eqn 1.6.1b is in radians. To convert to degrees multiply RHS by 180/
also, 0.002679 should be 0.002697
18 Ex 1.6.3 "angles for a sloped" should be "angles for a 60 sloped"
19 Equation for
s
See correction for 3
rd
printing.
21 Fig 1.7.1 Replace the figure with the following figure.

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
0
1
2
3
4
5
Time [hr]
R
a
d
i
a
t
i
o
n

[
M
J
/
m
2
-
h
r
]
N-S
E-W
= 45
N-S
E-W

Last line of figure caption replace "lower" with "dotted" and "upper" with "solid"
Eqn 1.7.3a change the minus sign to a plus sign
22 Eqn 1.7.5e in C
1
change
s
to
s
and change -1 otherwise to +1 otherwise
28 Equation for R
b
See correction for 3
rd
printing
36 First line after Solution See correction for 3
rd
printing
40 Eqn 1.10.4 the first sin should be cos
62 15 lines from top See correction for 3
rd
printing
66 Second line after Solution See correction for 3
rd
printing
68 Line before Eqn 2.8.1a t
b
should be
b

71 End of Example 2.8.2 Add black square after table.
74 Eqn 2.9.5 missing left paren. just before the first
,max T
K in numerator.
75 Eqn 2.9.c
,max T
K should be
,max T
K
77 footnote 12 0.75 < K
T
< 0.60 should be 0.75 < K
T
< 0.80
79 Ex 2.11.1 K
T
= H/H
o
= 23.0/33.3 = 0.69
footnote 13 denominator H should be H
80 Eqn 2.12.1a & b
d
H H should be
d
H H
89 6 lines from top (cos
2
cos
1
) should be (sin
2
sin
1
)
12 & 13 lines from top "82.5" should be = " 82.5"
9 lines from bottom "5:29 AM" should be "6:29 AM"

3 lines from bottom [cos (-75) cos (-82.79)] should be [sin (-75) sin (-82.79)]
90 Ex 2.15.1 I
o
= 2.34 MJ/m
2
, k
T
= 1.04/2.34 = 0.445, I
d
/I = 0.766.
I
d
= 0.766 1.04 = 0.796 MJ/m
2

I
b
= 0.234 1.04 = 0.244 MJ/m
2

91 4 lines from top
1 cos 60 1 cos 60
0.244 1.71 0.796 1.04 0.60
2 2
T
I
+
= + +




2
0.417 0.597 0.156 1.17 MJ/m = + + =
Thus the beam contribution is 0.417 MJ/m
2
, the diffuse is 0.597
MJ/m
2
, and the ground-reflected is 0.156 MJ/m
2
. The total
radiation on the surface for the hour is 1.17 MJ/m
2
.
93 Example 2.16.1 Solution See correction for 3
rd
printing.
104 Example 2.19.1 See correction for 3
rd
printing.
151 Eqn 3.11.2 should be '
161 Last line of solution See correction for 3
rd
printing.
177 6
th
line from bottom See correction for 3
rd
printing.
206 Eqn 5.1.7 After first equals sign + should be
207 First equation See correction for 3
rd
printing.
210 3 lines from top 0.786 should be 0.768
210 7 lines from top See correction for 3
rd
printing
211 Eqn 5.3.7 1 +
1

2
should be 1
1

2
in two places.
213 second line Change 0.003 to 0.002
Eqn for 0.665 should be 0.655 and 0274 should be 0.274 and 0.003 should
be 0.002
next eqn should be = 0.5(0.948 + 0.518) = 0.733
eqn after should be = 0.5(0.007 + 0.430) = 0.219
eqn for should be = 1 0.219 0.733 = 0.048
232 mid page 3.57 should be 3.59, 6.46 should be 6.50
and 9.14 should be 9.18 in two places.
254 Solution See correction for 3
rd
printing.
261 First equation See correction for 3
rd
printing.
282 Eqn for F
1
See correction for 3
rd
printing
284 Equation 6.14.4 See correction for 3
rd
printing.
286 5 lines from top See correction for 3
rd
printing.
298 Figure caption Eliminate all after the colon and replace colon with period.
319 Example 6.24.2 See correction for 3
rd
printing.
334 Eqn 7.3.13 exp
r L
p
AU F
mC

should be exp
r L
p
AU F
mC

335 Eqn for F "exp(1/24.77)" should be "exp(1/24.77)"
348 Eqn 7.7.1a Delete A
a

355 Eqn 7.9.2 sin
2
should be sin
-1

359 3 lines from bottom "102 W/m
2
" should be "102 kW/m
2
"
360 4 lines from top "4.41 W/m" should be "4.41 kW/m"
373 8 lines from bottom "UREL" should be "NREL"
393 Equation for NTU See correction for 3
rd
printing.
417 Example 9.3.1 See correction for 3
rd
printing.
442 7 lines from bottom "0.110 3750" should be "0.110 3750"
472 Eqn 11.8.3 See correction for 3
rd
printing.
642 Eqn 18.2.2 should be
( )
/ /
g g
g a x bP A k = +
687 Eqn 20.5.1 "11.6 1.18T
w
" should be "11.6 + 1.18T
w
"
679 First row in Table See correction for 3
rd
printing.
681 Solution to 20.3.2 See correction for 3
rd
printing.
682 Equation for C
min
See correction for 3
rd
printing.
688 Line above Solution See correction for 3
rd
printing.
700 Line after Eqn 21.2.2 See correction for 3
rd
printing.
753 and 754 See correction for 3
rd
printing.
754 Fig 23.2.5 Remove "and maximum power point" from the caption.
755 8 lines below Eqn 23.2.12
ref,guess
should be a
ref,guess

Above Eqn 23.2.13 second "result" should be "results"
756 and 757 See corrections for 3
rd
printing.
795 Eqn 24.4.5 C
P
should be C
P,Betz
in two places.
802 Prob 1.13g should read "extraterrestrial horizontal solar"
Prob 2.4 "12 AM" should be "12 PM"
804 Prob 2.20 should read "A south facing window is .."
805 Prob 2.25 should read " the beam and estimate the total radiation "
Table for P 2.26 See correction for 3
rd
printing.
806 Prob 2.26i Change period at end of first sentence to question mark.
812 Problem 6.4 See correction for 3
rd
printing.
897 Index See correction for 3
rd
printing.