REVISTA DYNA ENERGÍA

Key words:

Secador solar, modelo matemático, teoría del caos, modelo de simulación, energía solar, altiplano Ecuatoriano, Solar dryer, mathematical modeling, chaos theory, simulation model, solar energy, Ecuadorian Highlands.

Article type:

ARTICULO DE INVESTIGACION / RESEARCH ARTICLE

Section:

RESEARCH ARTICLES

ABSTRACT:
A simulation model represents a system, it allows to diagnose, to analyze and to predict their operation, it help to control their possible variations, why has become a very important tool in technology development, saving money, time and work. Despite the advantages, there are systems that are extremely difficult to simulate, since its complexity and unpredictability in time is very large, especially those associated with environmental conditions, as in the case of solar drying, it is subject to weather variables, although it is designed properly functioning models regarding the efficiency obtained, but little has been done to improve it, given the development of alternative technologies or applications that have been given to it. In this framework and in order to contribute to the improvement of this type of technology that can be easily adopted by developing countries, with which they can make much better use their natural resources and knowledge, without economic or technological bigger investment and with a high grade of precision, the present investigation is proposed to apply the Chaos Theory as base of the operation of a predictive simulation model of a solar drying that adapts to the conditions of the Ecuadorian Highland.

Keywords: Solar dryer, mathematical model, chaos theory, simulation model, solar energy, Ecuadorian Highlands.