A distributed model for a tedlar-foil flat plate solar collector

M.A. Minn, K.C. Ng, W.H. Khong and T. Melvin

Renewable Energy, 2002, vol. 27, issue 4, 507-523

Abstract: A theoretical simulation of flat plate collector performance, with temperature-dependency for material and coolant properties, is presented and the simulation is performed without asserting an a priori value for an overall heat loss coefficient of the collector. This approach differs from many previous works reported in the literature. For a given meteorological condition as well as key design parameters of collector as inputs, the model describes a 2-D absorber plate where its temperature distributions along with the coolant channels can be predicted. A comparison between the theoretical predictions and the experimentally measured data show good agreement to within 4%. The distributed modeling of a collector described in this paper is deemed to be a useful tool for the design of solar collectors.

Keywords: Distributed model; Temperature profiles; Efficiency curve; Temperature-dependent; Overall heat loss coefficient (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(01)00175-6

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