An investigation of integrated flat plate solar collector: Experimental measurement

Author

Saw, C.L. ; Al-Kayiem, Hussain

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. Teknol. Petronas, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Malaysia

fYear

2011

fDate

19-20 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Experimental approach of integrated flat plate solar collector is carried out without PCM. 37 fins are attached below of the absorber plate. PCM is integrated with flat plate collector in this system to enhance the performance. The purpose of fin is to transfer the heat from the absorber plate to any PCM below the absorber plate. Without PCM measurement for the performance is tested during daytime and night time to be compared with reference model. Three values of flow rate and tilt angles have been set to analyses the performance for full day. Combination of 0 degree 4 kg/min produce the highest hot water temperature that is 66°C. The next day hot water temperature can be maintained at 39°C.

Keywords

solar absorber-convertors; PCM measurement; absorber plate; integrated flat plate solar collector; temperature 39 degC; temperature 66 degC; Fluid flow measurement; Heat transfer; Phase change materials; Solar radiation; Temperature measurement; Water heating; PCM; experimental; integrated; solar; ultrasonic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

National Postgraduate Conference (NPC), 2011

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1882-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NatPC.2011.6136414

Filename

6136414