Size optimization of conventional solar collectors

M.a Al-Nimr, S Kiwan and A Al-Alwah

Energy, 1998, vol. 23, issue 5, 373-378

Abstract: An expression for the optimum length of a flat-plate solar collector that maximizes the life-cycle savings of the collector is derived. An expression has been obtained also for the optimal distribution of a finite amount of thermal insulation that minimizes the energy loss from the back side of a flat-plate solar collector.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1016/S0360-5442(97)00105-9

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