Problem 50631. Cosine effect in solar power towers

Created by Daniel Pereira

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the tower (vector </w:t></w:r><w:customXml w:element=\"equation\"><w:customXmlPr><w:attr w:name=\"displayStyle\" w:val=\"false\"/><w:attr w:name=\"altTextString\" w:val=\"T\"/></w:customXmlPr><w:r><w:t>\\vec{t}</w:t></w:r></w:customXml><w:r><w:t>), but the bisector of these two directions (vector </w:t></w:r><w:customXml w:element=\"equation\"><w:customXmlPr><w:attr w:name=\"displayStyle\" w:val=\"false\"/><w:attr w:name=\"altTextString\" w:val=\"N\"/></w:customXmlPr><w:r><w:t>\\vec{n}</w:t></w:r></w:customXml><w:r><w:t>):</w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/><w:jc w:val=\"left\"/></w:pPr><w:customXml w:element=\"image\"><w:customXmlPr><w:attr w:name=\"height\" w:val=\"265\"/><w:attr w:name=\"width\" w:val=\"464\"/><w:attr w:name=\"verticalAlign\" w:val=\"baseline\"/><w:attr w:name=\"altText\" w:val=\"\"/><w:attr w:name=\"relationshipId\" w:val=\"rId1\"/></w:customXmlPr></w:customXml></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/><w:jc w:val=\"left\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:t>The solar irradiance that bounces off the mirror is reduced by an amount proportional to reflectivity (assume 100% for this problem) and to the cosine of the angle between the normal vector to the heliostat and the other vector (sun or tower).</w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/><w:jc w:val=\"left\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:t>The aim of this problem is to calculate the value of the cosine of the angle (</w:t></w:r><w:customXml w:element=\"equation\"><w:customXmlPr><w:attr w:name=\"displayStyle\" w:val=\"false\"/><w:attr w:name=\"altTextString\" w:val=\"cos(theta)\"/></w:customXmlPr><w:r><w:t>\\cos\\theta</w:t></w:r></w:customXml><w:r><w:t>) given the </w:t></w:r><w:r><w:rPr><w:b/></w:rPr><w:t>normalized</w:t></w:r><w:r><w:t> vectors </w:t></w:r><w:customXml w:element=\"equation\"><w:customXmlPr><w:attr w:name=\"displayStyle\" w:val=\"false\"/><w:attr w:name=\"altTextString\" w:val=\"S\"/></w:customXmlPr><w:r><w:t>\\vec{s}</w:t></w:r></w:customXml><w:r><w:t> and </w:t></w:r><w:customXml w:element=\"equation\"><w:customXmlPr><w:attr w:name=\"displayStyle\" w:val=\"false\"/><w:attr w:name=\"altTextString\" w:val=\"T\"/></w:customXmlPr><w:r><w:t>\\vec{t}</w:t></w:r></w:customXml><w:r><w:t> that are known for every heliostat at every moment.</w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/><w:jc w:val=\"left\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:t></w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/><w:jc w:val=\"left\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:rPr><w:i/></w:rPr><w:t>Hints:</w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"ListParagraph\"/><w:numPr><w:numId w:val=\"1\"/></w:numPr><w:jc w:val=\"left\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:rPr><w:i/></w:rPr><w:t>Vectors are 3×1, with norm = 1.</w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"ListParagraph\"/><w:numPr><w:numId w:val=\"1\"/></w:numPr><w:jc w:val=\"left\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:rPr><w:i/></w:rPr><w:t>Make use of scalar product to calculate cosines, taking advantage of the normalized 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heliostat and the other vector (sun or tower).</span></span></div><div style="block-size: 60px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 30px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 30px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 236.5px 8px; transform-origin: 236.5px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">The aim of this problem is to calculate the value of the cosine of the angle (</span></span><span style="vertical-align:-5px"><img src="data:image/png;base64,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" alt="cos(theta)" style="width: 33.5px; height: 18px;" width="33.5" height="18"></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 35.5px 8px; transform-origin: 35.5px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">) given the </span></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 38.5px 8px; transform-origin: 38.5px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="font-weight: 700; ">normalized</span></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 27px 8px; transform-origin: 27px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> vectors </span></span><span style="vertical-align:-5px"><img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACIAAAA4CAYAAACYCio/AAABD0lEQVRYhe2XYQ2DMBBGn4c6mAEMoAAFOMABDrCABiTgAQvVgAX243qhafgDg5Zk95Imo8nWx7XpvgPDMAzDMH7CA01pCYAa2HiJTMuLZDpEprv6A/VNow8iGzABn7Mi24NjOCMy3zT8gcTpqtxBEwQ8slVFcMCCVMb9tQTA+AYJkHujuIRhGMYVNH/oJVaR+UIbkH/XBQlBPnzecopoJvXRnAvP/vAbDzGzVyN++yHMZWNkT15x6KmQamVDexetSpEIqEyRzEjhJBYH5L6UCMiZUJGVjFWZDhaLD26WFtOFxapkPj64WdoGXTDt1rR/WXNIpAvqFnzYr/W0Uo/RIgm9RqqirWWxVtIwDON1fAHnd3ACjCJApQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" alt="S" style="width: 17px; height: 28px;" width="17" height="28"></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 16px 8px; transform-origin: 16px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> and </span></span><span style="vertical-align:-5px"><img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACIAAAA8CAYAAAADm2gpAAABBElEQVRoge2XUQ2DMBBAn4c6wAAGUIACHMwBDrAwDUjAQy2gYRa6j/bSbh/LYMB1yb3kQvgovLTHcQeGYRiGYfzEACyA0xaBKFKFjAM8FcmsRKFmzwMaoDsoViAAD2LubGJMi8+IFWi/FZGsPyJKCc+OXTkKnyQmFJN2SBK9lkA1Ei3xK1GVEBF1CcMwjL/HATMVtIV34v9FDZckQrqq0JN70kBsMaVXvYyR2AqWIjI+qLSD0pd6jZeXyG5MmhJ9IXJpXrwzFSKqyKiwaEo48m7cNEVkXAhsGCHPQKqpalmHXMjmdD+iUMga8rEMKeaPK06i47Wsryj9/qX3WIhHYhiGYQhPGKFtN+aS55YAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" alt="T" style="width: 17px; height: 30px;" width="17" height="30"></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 163.5px 8px; transform-origin: 163.5px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> that are known for every heliostat at every moment.</span></span></div><div style="block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 0px 8px; transform-origin: 0px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""></span></span></div><div style="block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 18px 8px; transform-origin: 18px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="font-style: italic; ">Hints:</span></span></div><ul style="block-size: 40.8667px; counter-reset: list-item 0; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; list-style-type: square; margin-block-end: 20px; margin-block-start: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 10px; perspective-origin: 391px 20.4333px; transform-origin: 391px 20.4333px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; "><li style="block-size: 20.4333px; counter-reset: none; display: list-item; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-start: 56px; margin-left: 56px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 363px 10.2167px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 363px 10.2167px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 56px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 98px 8px; transform-origin: 98px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="font-style: italic; ">Vectors are 3×1, with norm = 1.</span></span></li><li style="block-size: 20.4333px; counter-reset: none; display: list-item; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-start: 56px; margin-left: 56px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 363px 10.2167px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 363px 10.2167px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 56px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 292px 8px; transform-origin: 292px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="font-style: italic; ">Make use of scalar product to calculate cosines, taking advantage of the normalized vectors.</span></span></li></ul></div></div>

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