Hadi Samareh Salavati Pour - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Mojtaba Salari - Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University
Hamid Samareh Salavati Pour - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran

In this study the effect of earth reflective coefficient on the maximum solar radiation reached to a solar collector surface was investigated by the mathematical KT and Haymodels. The results showed that the maximum total radiation on the collector inclined at optimum angles increases due to increasing the earth reflective coefficient. The results also showed that neglecting the earth reflection decreases the maximum solar radiation on the collector

Solar collector, Earth reflection coefficient, Solar radiation