ICS solar systems with horizontal cylindrical storage tank and reflector of CPC or involute geometry

Y. Tripanagnostopoulos and M. Souliotis

Renewable Energy, 2004, vol. 29, issue 1, 13-38

Abstract: The use of a horizontal cylindrical water storage tank contributes to pressure resistant, low height and efficient ICS solar systems. These systems can satisfactorily achieve water heating when the cylindrical storage tank is combined with stationary CPC or involute type curved reflectors. The diameter of the cylindrical storage tank determines the length of the reflectors, the system depth and the ratio of the stored water per aperture area. In these solar systems the storage tank can be partially thermally insulated to suppress thermal losses from it to the ambience. We constructed four experimental models with truncated symmetric CPC reflectors, two with 90° and other two with 60° of acceptance angle, half of them without and half with a 1/4 thermally insulated storage tank cylindrical surface. In addition, we constructed two ICS systems with involute reflectors, with acceptance angle 180°, one without and the other one with a 1/4 thermally insulated storage tank. The six ICS systems were tested under the same weather conditions and without water drain, to determine their stored water temperature variation, mean daily efficiency and thermal losses during night. The results showed that CPC reflectors contribute to efficient operation of systems day and night, while involute reflectors mainly to the water heat preservation during night.

Keywords: Solar water heaters; Integrated Collector Storage systems; Compound Parabolic Concentrators; Thermal performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(03)00139-3

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