A low temperature flat plate solar collector

The performance of a low temperature solar collector, which acts as an evaporator of a heat pump system, has been investigated. An experimcntal setup has been designed, fabricated and tested under the meteorological conditions of Singapore. Refrigerant 134a has been used in the experiments. Effec...

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Main Authors: Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam, Ullah, MD. Zakir, Than Htut, Maung
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: IIUM Press 2011
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spelling iium-200582012-05-31T07:13:03Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/20058/ A low temperature flat plate solar collector Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam Ullah, MD. Zakir Than Htut, Maung TH Building construction The performance of a low temperature solar collector, which acts as an evaporator of a heat pump system, has been investigated. An experimcntal setup has been designed, fabricated and tested under the meteorological conditions of Singapore. Refrigerant 134a has been used in the experiments. Effects of various parameters have been considered. Results show that, with the increase in collector tube length, the dryness fraction of the fluid increases leading to an increase in the heat transfer coefficient between the tube wall and fluid. Results also show that collector is very sensitive to solar radiation. If solar radiation increases, the mass flow rate of fluid inside the collector increases, which increases the collector efficiency as more heat is absorbed. Collector efficiency increases with irradiation, reaches a maximum and then decreases. Collector efficiency, as high as about 0.85 was obtained, which could be attributed to the low temperature operation of the collector. IIUM Press 2011 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/20058/1/A_low_temperature_flat_-_C8.pdf Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam and Ullah, MD. Zakir and Than Htut, Maung (2011) A low temperature flat plate solar collector. In: Alternative energy. IIUM Press, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 53-59. ISBN 9789674181581 http://rms.research.iium.edu.my/bookstore/Default.aspx
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Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam
Ullah, MD. Zakir
Than Htut, Maung
A low temperature flat plate solar collector
description The performance of a low temperature solar collector, which acts as an evaporator of a heat pump system, has been investigated. An experimcntal setup has been designed, fabricated and tested under the meteorological conditions of Singapore. Refrigerant 134a has been used in the experiments. Effects of various parameters have been considered. Results show that, with the increase in collector tube length, the dryness fraction of the fluid increases leading to an increase in the heat transfer coefficient between the tube wall and fluid. Results also show that collector is very sensitive to solar radiation. If solar radiation increases, the mass flow rate of fluid inside the collector increases, which increases the collector efficiency as more heat is absorbed. Collector efficiency increases with irradiation, reaches a maximum and then decreases. Collector efficiency, as high as about 0.85 was obtained, which could be attributed to the low temperature operation of the collector.
format Book Chapter
author Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam
Ullah, MD. Zakir
Than Htut, Maung
author_facet Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam
Ullah, MD. Zakir
Than Htut, Maung
author_sort Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam
title A low temperature flat plate solar collector
title_short A low temperature flat plate solar collector
title_full A low temperature flat plate solar collector
title_fullStr A low temperature flat plate solar collector
title_full_unstemmed A low temperature flat plate solar collector
title_sort low temperature flat plate solar collector
publisher IIUM Press
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/20058/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/20058/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/20058/1/A_low_temperature_flat_-_C8.pdf
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