Tubular solar collector

P.K.C. Pillai and R.C. Agarwal

Applied Energy, 1980, vol. 6, issue 2, 125-132

Abstract: Details of the design and development of an inexpensive solar collector system which does not make use of a blackened metal plate as an absorber are given in this paper. A spiral-shaped plastic tube coated with a black paint constitutes the solar absorber. Unlike other flat plate collectors, the working fluid moves through a spiral path in this collector. As the liquid moves progressively towards the centre, its temperature gradually rises and in the process it absorbs a part of the heat transferred radially from the centre of the collector, thus reducing heat losses.

Date: 1980
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