Therstandsimplestofthestatespaemodels,Equation8.3and8.4,ontains
theonvetiveinuenefromtheambienttemperatureandtheonvetive
inu-ene bythetemperature dierenein theairgap. Furthermore theonvetive
inuenedfrom the temperature ofthe wooden board and theradiation is
in-luded. Inthemodelitispresumedthattheinsulationbehindthewoodenboard
isdense. Thisimpliesthat thehosenheatbalanesystemisnotinuenedby
theambientairtemperaturefromtherearside.
dT = k air (T air − T )dt + k delta ∆T dt + k wood (T wood − T )dt + k i Idt + dw
(8.3)T m = T + e
(8.4)Inordertoperformthefollowinganalysesitisneessarytoinvestigatewhether
theestimation in CTSMisadequate. InTable8.1 and8.2 itanbeseenthat
themodelsbasedonthealulateddeltatemperature,
∆T calc
,andirradiation,I calc
, and the top temperature of the module have p-values equal to 0.0000.P-valueslowerthan0.05meansthattheparameterestimatesanbeonsidered
tobedierentfromzero. Forsomeoftheothermodelsthep-valuesarehigher
than 0.05 assuming a95% ondene interval, whih means that someof the
estimationsoftheparametersouldbeequalto zero. Thisneedsto be
investi-gatedifitishosentofurtherapplysuhmodels. Ifatermisinsigniantitan
beassumedto beequalto 0. Theterman then beremovedfrom themodel,
andafterthatthemodelsneedtobereestimated. Inordertomaintaintheheat
balanesystemitishosentoavoidthiskindofonsiderationsinrelationtothe
linearmodels. Itisalsohosentoinludethederivativesofthepenaltyfuntion
intheanalysis,sinethisvaluegivesanindiationofwhethertheparameteris
well inside thexedintervallimits. All thederivativesofthe penalty funtion
values shown in Table 8.1 are aeptably low, indiating that the parameters
arewelldened.
The orrelations between the parameters are listed in Table 8.2. Prior
esti-mationshaveshownthatorrelationvaluesuptoaround0.96,donotinuene
how adequate the model is. It an therefore be onluded that most of the
valuesaresatifatorying. Themodelbasedonthealulatedvariableshastoo
Table8.1: Summaryofthehighestp-valueandthederivativeofthepenaltyfuntionofthe
linearmodels
16thofAugust
Themodel p-value dPen.fun
T moduleavg T moduletop T moduleavg T moduletop
∆T meas I meas
0.0166 0.0551 0.0007 0.0006∆T meas I calc
0.0099 0.1677 0.0007 0.0006∆T calc I meas
0.1114 0.2911 0.0006 0.0006∆T calc I calc
0.0000 0.0000 0.0006 0.0006∆T divided
0.2991 0.1297 -0.0158 0.023916th-18thofAugust
∆T meas I meas
0.0000 0.0000 0.0007 0.0006∆T meas I calc
0.0765 0.3092 0.0007 0.0006∆T calc I meas
0.1202 0.0177 0.0007 0.0006∆T calc I calc
0.7860 0.0000 0.0005 0.0006∆T divided
0.8200 0.8980 -0.2677 0.0494Table 8.2: Summary of the highest orrelations between the parameter estimates of the
linearmodels
16thofAugust
Themodel Correlation
T moduleavg T moduletop
∆T meas I meas
0.8983(k air − k delta
) -0.8496(k wood − k irrad
)∆T meas I calc
0.9037(k air − k delta
) 0.9394(k air − k wood
)∆T calc I meas
0.9678(k air − k delta
) 0.9678(k air − k irrad
)∆T calc I calc
0.9690(k air − k delta
) 0.9753(k air − k wood
)∆T divided
-0.9878(k air − k out
) -0.9908(k air − k out
)16th-18thofAugust
∆T meas I meas
-0.8666(k delta − k wood
) 0.8527(k air − k wood
)∆T meas I calc
0.8877(k air − k delta
) 0.9189(k air − k wood
)∆T calc I meas
0.9550(k air − k delta
) 0.9615(k air − k wood
)∆T calc I calc
0.9666(k air − k delta
) 0.9752(k air − k wood
)∆T divided
-0.9854(k air − k out
) -0.9922(k air − k out
)Inmostasesthe
∆T
andk air
arehighly orrelated,see Table8.2.∆T
is thedierene between the inlet and the outlet temperatures. The inlet and the
ambienttemperaturesmust beonsidered to beorrelatedin aphysial sense,
sine the inlet air is taken from the ambient air. It is therefore deided to
problem that the orrelation between the inlet and the ambient temperature
seemsto reate. This model represents thesame heat balanesystem, but in
thedesignofthismodel,named
divided
inthetable,itisdeidedtodividethe∆T
-termintoaninletandanoutlettemperature. FurthermoreT in
isset equalto
T air
. ThisdividedmodelanbeseeninEquation8.5 and8.6.dT = k air − in T air dt + k T T dt + k out T out dt + k wood T wood dt + k i Idt + dw
(8.5)T m = T + e
(8.6)Table8.1and8.2 revealsthatthedividedmodelshavehigherp-values,
deriva-tives of the penalty funtion values and orrelations ompared to the former
model.
Table8.3: Averagesandstandarddeviationsoftheresidualsforthedierentmodels
alulatedonbasisofdatafromthe16thofAugustand16th-18thofAugust
16thofAugust
T moduleavg T moduletop
Themodel Average Std.dev Average Std.dev
∆T meas I meas 2.445 · 10 − 4 7.162 · 10 − 2 2.500 · 10 − 3 7.171 · 10 − 2
∆T meas I calc − 8.251 · 10 − 3 4.645 · 10 − 2 − 6.860 · 10 − 3 4.211 · 10 − 2
∆T calc I meas 3.070 · 10 − 3 7.052 · 10 − 2 6.260 · 10 − 3 6.976 · 10 − 2
∆T calc I calc − 6.979 · 10 − 3 4.631 · 10 − 2 − 5.039 · 10 − 3 4.136 · 10 − 2
∆T divid − 2.876 · 10 − 5 4.400 · 10 − 2 − 2.265 · 10 − 5 4.064 · 10 − 2
16th-18thofAugust
T moduleavg T moduletop
Themodel Average Std.dev Average Std.dev
∆T meas I meas 3.328 · 10 − 3 7.014 · 10 − 2 5.868 · 10 − 3 7.014 · 10 − 2
∆T meas I calc − 7.609 · 10 − 3 4.800 · 10 − 2 − 6.159 · 10 − 3 4.136. · 10 − 2
∆T calc I meas 5.336 · 10 − 3 6.787 · 10 − 2 7.839 · 10 − 3 6.740 · 10 − 2
∆T calc I calc − 2.337 · 10 − 4 4.617 · 10 − 2 − 5.603 · 10 − 3 4.059 · 10 − 2
∆T divid − 3.462 · 10 − 4 4.643 · 10 − 2 − 1.567 · 10 − 4 4.047 · 10 − 2
In order to determine whih of the models desribes the data the best, the
residualshavetobeanalyzed. Theaveragesandstandarddeviationsofresiduals
forthelinearmodelsarepresentedinTable8.3. Byomparingtheaveragesand
thestandarddeviationsoftheresidualsthedierentmodelsthefollowingtrends
areidentied:
•
Inallasesthestandarddeviationislowerwhenthealulatedirradiane,I calc
,isappliedinsteadofthemeasuredirradiane•
Thealulated temperature dierene,∆T calc
givesthe lowest standarddeviationsforallmodels
•
Inthemajorityof theasestheuse ofthe temperature measuredat the topof themodule resultsin lowerstandarddeviations,whihindiates abetterttingmodel.
•
Thedivided model hasthe lowest standarddeviations for the three-dayperiod,butnotfortheone-dayestimations. SinealltheCTSMestimated
valuesarehigherforthismoreompliatedmodel,itisdeidednottotake
thismodelinto aount.
•
Thereisasmallredutioninthestandarddeviationvalueswhenthemod-elsarebasedinthree-daydataomparedtotheone-daydata.
When takingall the fats aboveinto aount,the models basedon the
alu-latedvariablesshowthrough. Onthebasisoftheseobservationsthenon-linear
modelsinnextsetionwillonlybeestimatedapplyingthealulatedvariablesof
thetemperaturediereneintheairgapandtheirradiation. Fromaphysiist's
point of viewit doesmakesense that thealulatedvariables generate better
results. Thealulatedvariablesarebasedondataolletedinside themodule
viaknowledgeabout theeletrial ows. This way ofestimating thevariables
minimizestheamountofnoiseinthevariablesandtherebytheestimatedmodels.
In general for the results of the linear models it an be onluded that the
orrelationsof theparameterestimatesneedto bereduedin orderto ndan
adequatemodel. Thereforeanaturalprogressis toextendthelinearmodelto
anon-linearmodel.