Design and Performance Evaluation of Pyramid, Hexagonal and …
The three solar panel shapes used in the physical domain are a square pyramid, a hexagonal pyramid and a conical, and they are identical in terms of lateral surface area (209.963 m 2), as illustrated in Fig. 1.To replicate varying levels of daytime solar radiation, the forms were exposed to three distinct continuous heat flux values (0.25, 0.5 and 0.75 kW/m 2).