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A static multiple detector solar radiation sensor

  • Received: 27 March 2020 Accepted: 03 August 2020 Published: 28 August 2020
  • A small static solar radiation sensor comprising of 17 photodiode detectors deployed evenly on a hemispherical-member is proposed. The sensor is capable of measuring the intensity and time dependent of the solar radiation components on any desired inclined and oriented plane, including the distribution of the diffuse radiation in the sky. The sensor may also be used in solar tracking systems for pointing to the highest radiation intensity at any time. An inverted sensor may also measure reflected radiation from different objects. As a first design, the accuracy obtained is about 10 to 15 percent, depending of the solar radiation intensity, and the aiming is to improve the accuracy to about 5 percent. The objective was to construct a static sensor with small dimensions and of light-weight, detectors and hemispherical-dome hermetically sealed and machined close to a prototype product.

    Citation: J. Appelbaum. A static multiple detector solar radiation sensor[J]. AIMS Energy, 2020, 8(5): 802-818. doi: 10.3934/energy.2020.5.802

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  • A small static solar radiation sensor comprising of 17 photodiode detectors deployed evenly on a hemispherical-member is proposed. The sensor is capable of measuring the intensity and time dependent of the solar radiation components on any desired inclined and oriented plane, including the distribution of the diffuse radiation in the sky. The sensor may also be used in solar tracking systems for pointing to the highest radiation intensity at any time. An inverted sensor may also measure reflected radiation from different objects. As a first design, the accuracy obtained is about 10 to 15 percent, depending of the solar radiation intensity, and the aiming is to improve the accuracy to about 5 percent. The objective was to construct a static sensor with small dimensions and of light-weight, detectors and hemispherical-dome hermetically sealed and machined close to a prototype product.


    To understand in a clear way the notions used in our main results, we need to add here some basic literature of Geometric function theory. For this we start first with the notation A which denotes the class of holomorphic or analytic functions in the region D={zC:|z|<1} and if a function gA, then the relations g(0)=g(0)1=0 must hold. Also, all univalent functions will be in a subfamily S of A. Next we consider to define the idea of subordinations between analytic functions g1 and g2, indicated by g1(z)g2(z), as; the functions g1,g2A are connected by the relation of subordination, if there exists an analytic function w with the restrictions w(0)=0 and |w(z)|<1 such that g1(z)=g2(w(z)). Moreover, if the function g2S in D, then we obtain:

    g1(z)g2(z)[g1(0)=g2(0)   g1(D)g1(D)].

    In 1992, Ma and Minda [16] considered a holomorphic function φ normalized by the conditions φ(0)=1 and φ(0)>0 with Reφ>0 in D. The function φ maps the disc D onto region which is star-shaped about 1 and symmetric along the real axis. In particular, the function φ(z)=(1+Az)/(1+Bz), (1B<A1) maps D onto the disc on the right-half plane with centre on the real axis and diameter end points 1A1B and 1+A1+B. This interesting familiar function is named as Janowski function [10]. The image of the function φ(z)=1+z shows that the image domain is bounded by the right-half of the Bernoulli lemniscate given by |w21|<1, [25]. The function φ(z)=1+43z+23z2 maps D into the image set bounded by the cardioid given by (9x2+9y218x+5)216(9x2+9y26x+1)=0, [21] and further studied in [23]. The function φ(z)=1+sinz was examined by Cho and his coauthors in [3] while φ(z)=ez is recently studied in [17] and [24]. Further, by choosing particular φ, several subclasses of starlike functions have been studied. See the details in [2,4,5,11,12,14,19].

    Recently, Ali et al. [1] have obtained sufficient conditions on α such that

    1+zg(z)/gn(z)1+zg(z)1+z,for n=0,1,2.

    Similar implications have been studied by various authors, for example see the works of Halim and Omar [6], Haq et al [7], Kumar et al [13,15], Paprocki and Sokól [18], Raza et al [20] and Sharma et al [22].

    In 1994, Hayman [8] studied multivalent (p-valent) functions which is a generalization of univalent functions and is defined as: an analytic function g in an arbitrary domain DC is said to be p-valent, if for every complex number ω, the equation g(z)=ω has maximum p roots in D and for a complex number ω0 the equation g(z)=ω0 has exactly p roots in D. Let Ap (pN={1,2,}) denote the class of functions, say gAp, that are multivalent holomorphic in the unit disc D and which have the following series expansion:

    g(z)=zp+k=p+1akzk, (zD). (1.1)

    Using the idea of multivalent functions, we now introduce the class SLp of multivalent starlike functions associated with lemniscate of Bernoulli and as given below:

    SLp={g(z)Ap:zg(z)pg(z)1+z, (zD)}.

    In this article, we determine conditions on α such that for each

    1+αz2+p(j1)g(z)pgj(z), for each j=0,1,2,3,

    are subordinated to Janowski functions implies g(z)zp1+z, (zD). These results are then utilized to show that g are in the class SLp.

    Let w be analytic non-constant function in D with w(0)=0. If

    |w(z0)|=max{|w(z)|,   |z||z0|},  zD,

    then there exists a real number m (m1) such that z0w(z0)=mw(z0).

    This Lemma is known as Jack's Lemma and it has been proved in [9].

    Let gAp and satisfying

    1+αz1pg(z)p1+Az1+Bz,

    with the restriction on α is

    |α|232p(AB)1|B|4p(1+|B|). (2.1)

    Then

    g(z)zp1+z.

    Proof

    Let us define a function

    p(z)=1+αz1pg(z)p, (2.2)

    where the function p is analytic in D with p(0)=1. Also consider

    g(z)zp=1+w(z). (2.3)

    Now to prove our result we will only require to prove that |w(z)|<1. Logarithmically differentiating (2.3) and then using (2.2), we get

    p(z)=1+αzw(z)2p1+w(z)+α1+w(z),

    and so

    |p(z)1ABp(z)|=|αzw(z)2p1+w(z)+α1+w(z)AB(1+αzw(z)2p1+w(z)+α1+w(z))|=|αzw(z)+2pα(1+w(z))2p(AB)1+w(z)B(αzw(z)+2pα(1+w(z)))|.

    Now, we suppose that a point z0D occurs such that

    max|z||z0||w(z)|=|w(z0)|=1.

    Also by Lemma 1.1, a number m1 exists with z0w(z0)=mw(z0). In addition, we also suppose that w(z0)=eiθ for θ[π,π]. Then we have

    |p(z0)1ABp(z0)|=|αmw(z0)2pα(1+w(z0))2p(AB)1+w(z0)B(αmw(z0)+2pα(1+w(z0)))|,|α|m2p|α|(|1+eiθ|)2p(AB)|1+eiθ|+|B|(|α|m+2pα|1+eiθ|),|α|m4p|α|232p(AB)+|B||α|(m+4p).

    Now if

    ϕ(m)=|α|(m4p)232p(AB)+|B||α|(m+4p),

    then

    ϕ(m)=232p(AB)|α|+8|α|2p|B|(232p(AB)+|B||α|(m+4p))2>0,

    which illustrates that the function ϕ(m) is increasing and hence ϕ(m)ϕ(1) for m1, so

    |p(z0)1ABp(z0)||α|(14p)232p(AB)+|B||α|(1+4p).

    Now, by using (2.1), we have

    |p(z0)1ABp(z0)|1

    which contradicts the fact that p(z)1+Az1+Bz. Thus |w(z)|<1 and so we get the desired result.

    Taking g(z)=zp+1f(z)pf(z) in the last result, we obtain the following Corollary:

    Let fAp and satisfying

    1+αzf(z)p2f(z)(p+1+zf(z)f(z)zf(z)f(z))1+Az1+Bz, (2.4)

    with the condition on α is

    |α|232p(AB)1|B|4p(1+|B|).

    Then fSLp.

    If gAp such that

    1+αpzg(z)g(z)1+Az1+Bz, (2.5)

    with

    |α|8p(AB)1|B|4p(1+|B|), (2.6)

    then

    g(z)zp1+z.

    Proof

    Let us choose a function p by

    p(z)=1+αzg(z)pg(z),

    in such a way that p is analytic in D with p(0)=1. Also consider

    g(z)zp=1+w(z).

    Using some simple calculations, we obtain

    p(z)=1+αzw(z)2p(1+w(z))+α,

    and so

    |p(z)1ABp(z)|=|αzw(z)2p(1+w(z))+αAB(1+αzw(z)2p(1+w(z))+α)|=|αzw(z)+2pα(1+w(z))2p(AB)(1+w(z))B(αzw(z)+2pα(1+w(z)))|.

    Let a point z0D exists in such a way

    max|z||z0||w(z)|=|w(z0)|=1.

    Then, by virtue of Lemma 1.1, a number m1 occurs such that z0w(z0)=mw(z0). In addition, we set w(z0)=eiθ, so we have

    |p(z0)1ABp(z0)|=|αmw(z0)+2pα(1+w(z0))2p(AB)(1+w(z0))B(αmw(z0)+2pα(1+w(z0)))|,|α|m2p|α||1+eiθ|2(AB)|1+eiθ|+|B||α|m+2p|B||α||1+eiθ|,=|α|m2p|α|2+2cosθ2(2(AB)+|B||α|)p2+2cosθ+|B||α|m,|α|(m4p)4p(2(AB)+|B||α|)+|B||α|m.

    Now let

    ϕ(m)=|α|(m4p)4p(2(AB)+|B||α|)+|B||α|m,

    it implies

    ϕ(m)=|α|8p((AB)+|α||B|)(4p(2(AB)+|B||α|)+|B||α|m)2>0,

    which illustrates that the function ϕ(m) is increasing and so ϕ(m)ϕ(1) for m1, hence

    |p(z0)1ABp(z0)||α|(14p)4p(2(AB)+|B||α|)+|B||α|.

    Now, by using (2.6), we have

    |p(z0)1ABp(z0)|1,

    which contradicts (2.5). Thus |w(z)|<1 and so the desired proof is completed.

    Putting g(z)=zp+1f(z)pf(z) in last Theorem, we get the following Corollary:

    If fAp and satisfying

    1+αp(p+1+zf(z)f(z)zf(z)f(z))1+Az1+Bz,

    with

    |α|8p(AB)1|B|4p(1+|B|),

    then fSLp.

    If gAp and satisfy the subordination relation

    1+αz1pg(z)p(g(z))21+Az1+Bz, (2.7)

    with the condition on α

    |α|252p(AB)1|B|4p(1+|B|) (2.8)

    is true, then

    g(z)zp1+z.

    Proof

    Let us define a function

    p(z)=1+αz1pg(z)p(g(z))2.

    Then p is analytic in D with p(0)=1. Also let us consider

    g(z)zp=1+w(z).

    Using some simplification, we obtain

    p(z)=1+αzw(z)2p(1+w(z))32+α1+w(z),

    and so

    |p(z)1ABp(z)|=|αzw(z)2p(1+w(z))32+α1+w(z)AB(1+αzw(z)2p(1+w(z))32+α1+w(z))|=|αzw(z)+2pα(1+w(z))2p(AB)(1+w(z))32Bαzw(z)2pαB(1+w(z))|.

    Let us choose a point z0D such a way that

    max|z||z0||w(z)|=|w(z0)|=1.

    Then, by the consequences of Lemma 1.1, a number m1 occurs such that z0w(z0)=mw(z0) and also put w(z0)=eiθ,for θ[π,π], we have

    |p(z0)1ABp(z0)|=|αmw(z0)+2pα(1+w(z0))2p(AB)(1+w(z0))32Bαmw(z0)2pαB(1+w(z0))|,|α|m2p|α||1+eiθ|2p(AB)|1+eiθ|32+|B||α|m+2p|α||B||1+eiθ|,=|α|m4p|α|252p(AB)+|B||α|m+4p|α||B|,|α|(m4p)252p(AB)+|B||α|m+4p|α||B|=ϕ(m) (say).

    Then

    ϕ(m)=252p(AB)+8|α|2|B|p(252p(AB)+B|α|m+4p|α|B)2>0,

    which demonstrates that the function ϕ(m) is increasing and thus ϕ(m)ϕ(1) for m1, hence

    |p(z0)1ABp(z0)||α|(14p)252p(AB)+|B||α|+4p|α||B|.

    Now, using (2.8), we have

    |p(z0)1ABp(z0)|1,

    which contradicts (2.7). Thus |w(z)|<1 and so we get the required proof.

    If we set g(z)=zp+1f(z)pf(z) in last theorem, we easily have the following Corollary:

    Assume that

    |α|252p(AB)1|B|4p(1+|B|),

    and if fAp satisfy

    1+αf(z)z2p+1f(z)(p+1+zf(z)f(z)zf(z)f(z))1+Az1+Bz,

    then fSLp.

    If gAp satisfy the subordination

    1+αz12pg(z)p(g(z))31+Az1+Bz,

    with restriction on α is

    |α|8p(AB)1|B|4p(1+|B|). (2.9)

    then

    g(z)zp1+z.

    Proof. Let us define a function

    p(z)=1+αz12pg(z)p(g(z))3,

    where p is analytic in D with p(0)1=0. Also let

    g(z)zp=1+w(z).

    Using some simple calculations, we obtain

    p(z)=1+αzw(z)2p(1+w(z))2+α1+w(z),

    and so

    |p(z)1ABp(z)|=|αzw(z)2p(1+w(z))2+α1+w(z)AB(1+αzw(z)2p(1+w(z))2+α1+w(z))|=|αzw(z)+2pα(1+w(z))2p(AB)(1+w(z))2Bαzw(z)2pαB(1+w(z))|.

    Let us pick a point z0D in such a way that

    max|z||z0||w(z)|=|w(z0)|=1.

    Then, by using Lemma 1.1, a number m1 exists such that z0w(z0)=mw(z0) and put w(z0)=eiθ, for θ[π,π], we have

    |p(z0)1ABp(z0)|=|αmw(z0)+2pα(1+w(z0))2p(AB)(1+w(z0))2Bαmw(z0)2pαB(1+w(z0))||α|m2p|α||1+eiθ|2p(AB)|1+eiθ|2+|B||α|m+2p|α||B||1+eiθ|=|α|m2p|α|2+2cosθ2p(AB)(2+2cosθ)2+|B||α|m+2p|α||B|2+2cosθ|α|(m4p)8p(AB)+|B||α|m+4p|α||B|,

    Now let

    ϕ(m)=|α|(m4p)8p(AB)+|B||α|m+4p|α||B|,

    then

    ϕ(m)=8p|α|(AB)+8|α|2|B|p(8p(AB)+|B||α|m+4p|α||B|)2>0

    which shows that ϕ(m) is an increasing function and hence it will have its minimum value at m=1, so

    |p(z0)1ABp(z0)||α|(14p)8p(AB)+|B||α|+4p|α||B|.

    Using (2.9), we easily obtain

    |p(z0)1ABp(z0)|1,

    which is a contradiction to the fact that p(z)1+Az1+Bz, and so |w(z)|<1. Hence we get the desired result.

    If we put g(z)=zp+1f(z)pf(z) in last Theorem, we achieve the following result:

    If fAp and satisfy the condition

    |α|8p(AB)1|B|4p(1+|B|),

    and

    1+αp(f(z))2z3p+2(f(z))2(p+1+zf(z)f(z)zf(z)f(z))1+Az1+Bz,

    then fSLp.

    All authors declare no conflict of interest in this paper.



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