Author(s)

Ryszard Petela

Professor Emeritus, Calgary, Canada.

Information is given on thermal radiation from the Sun, considered in practical engineering calculations of heat exchange. It was found that although the surface temperature of the Sun is assumed to be about 5800 K, the solar spectrum data measured by Kondratyev lead to a value of at least 7134 K. Such a higher value can be obtained by interpreting the Planck formula for the black radiation spectrum for the Kondratyev data. In addition, using the Stefan-Boltzmann law, the energetic emissivity of the Sun’s surface was determined to be 0.431. Furthermore, based on Petela’s formulae for exergy of thermal radiation, the exergetic emissivity of the Sun’s surface was also calculated at the level of 0.426.

Thermal Radiation, Radiation Temperature, Surface Temperature, Surface Emissivity, Sun Radiation Spectrum, Plank Law, Exergy of Radiation, Photosphere

Petela, R. (2024) New Insight to the Surface Temperature of the Sun. Energy and Power Engineering, 16, 285-292. doi: 10.4236/epe.2024.168013.