Evaluation of temperature and efficiency in relation to mass flow on a solar flat plate collector in Mexico

U. Diego-Ayala and J.G. Carrillo

Renewable Energy, 2016, vol. 96, issue PA, 756-764

Abstract: This study presents the thermal analysis of a solar flat plate water heater working under real operating conditions in a hot sub-humid region, in the city of Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. This water heater was evaluated under thermosyphon conditions and, with the use of a submersible pump, under forced flow conditions. In both cases the thermal performance of the collector was studied in order to determine the impact of flow on the working temperature and efficiency of the collector.

Keywords: Flow rate effect; Flat plate solar heater; Thermal analysis; Forced flow; Thermosyphon (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.05.027

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