WEATHER PREDICTING METHOD, WATER PREDICTING APPARATUS, AND AIR UTILIZING APPARATUS

摘要

A weather predicting method is provided and includes: selecting, from weather information including temperature data and related to times and areas, a weather information related to an area containing a location where an air utilizing apparatus is placed and related to multiple times over a certain period; by solving, with weather information as input data, differential equations expressing weather information based on weather analysis models used for conducting weather simulations, generating first narrow-area weather information related to areas smaller than the area corresponding to the weather information; selecting a second narrow-area weather information concerning an area containing the location of the air utilizing apparatus from among the first narrow-area weather information; and generating a temperature cumulative distribution or a temperature exceedance probability distribution over a certain period by using temperature data contained in the second narrow-area weather information for calculating a design temperature of the air utilizing apparatus.

主权项

1. A weather predicting method for predicting the weather by conducting weather simulations in order to design an air utilizing apparatus which is placed outdoors under the influence of surrounding weather conditions and which utilizes air as one of a heating energy source, and a reactant, the weather predicting method comprising:
selecting, from a plurality of items of weather information which includes at least wind direction data and which is related to times and areas, a plurality of sets of the items of weather information related to a plurality of times over a fixed period concerning a first area containing a location at which the air utilizing apparatus is placed; by solving, with the use of the selected plurality of sets of the items of weather information as input data, differential equations expressing the weather information based on analysis models used for conducting weather simulations, generating a plurality of sets of the items of first narrow-area weather information related to a plurality of second areas which are disposed within the first area and which are smaller than the first area; selecting a set of items of second narrow-area weather information concerning the second area containing the location of the air utilizing apparatus from among the generated plurality of sets of the items of first narrow-area weather information; and calculating a wind direction having the highest cumulative frequency by using wind direction data contained in the set of the items of second narrow-area weather information in order to determine a direction in which the air utilizing apparatus is placed.