Optimization of operational and design parameters of plane reflector-tilted flat plate solar collector systems

H.M.S. Hussein, G.E. Ahmad and M.A. Mohamad

Energy, 2000, vol. 25, issue 6, 529-542

Abstract: Due to the increased interest in the utilization of solar energy, it is essential to enhance the energy collection of solar energy devices. In this paper, a theoretical analysis of the instantaneous, daily, and yearly enhancement in solar energy collection of a tilted flat-plate solar collector augmented by a plane reflector is developed. The shadow effect due to the reflector on the collector is considered in the analysis. A FORTRAN computer program has been constructed based on the analysis in order to study the effect of different operational and design parameters of plane reflector-tilted flat-plate solar collector system on the collector solar energy collection. These parameters include collector-reflector system orientation and tilt angles, collector elongation ratio, and reflector overhang ratio.

Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1016/S0360-5442(00)00003-7

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