Thermal performance of a shallow solar-pond water heater with semitransparent, multilayer surface insulation

K. Kamiuto and T. Oda

Energy, 1991, vol. 16, issue 10, 1239-1245

Abstract: The transient collection and storage performance have been examined for a shallow solar-pond water heater (solar tank) with a semitransparent, multilayer surfaceinsulation system. Both experimental and theoretical studies have been carried out for different numbers (zero to three) of surface-insulation layers. The results show that solar tanks with one or two surface-insulation layers yield higher water temperatures than a solar tank without surface-insulation layers. Furthermore, as the number of surfaceinsulation layers is decreased, the hot-water temperatures within the solar tank decrease rapidly after reaching a maximum.

Date: 1991
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(91)90153-D

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