Efficiency of the Flat Plate Solar Thermal Collector

Evaluating the Performance of Two Solar Domestic Hot Water Systems of the Archetype Sustainable Houses

10.32920/ryerson.14646924.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Kamyar Tanha

Keyword(s):

Flat Plate ◽

Hot Water ◽

Experimental Results ◽

Solar Thermal ◽

Energy Output ◽

Evacuated Tube Collector ◽

Solar Thermal Collector ◽

Solar Thermal Collectors ◽

Evacuated Tube Collectors ◽

Evacuated Tube

This thesis is focused on the performance of the two SDHW systems of the sustainable Archetype houses in Vaughan, Ontario with daily hot water consumption of 225 litres. The first system consists of a flat plate solar thermal collector in conjunction with a gas boiler and a DWHR. The second SDHW system consists of an evacuated tube collector, an electric tank and a DWHR. The experimental results showed that the DWHRs were capable of an annual heat recovery of 789 kWh. The flat plate and evacuated tube collectors had an annual thermal energy output of 2038 kWh and 1383 kWh. The systems were also modeled in TRNSYS and validated with the experimental results. The simulated results showed that Edmonton has the highest annual energy consumption of 3763.4 kWh and 2852.9 kWh by gas boiler and electric tank and that the solar thermal collectors and DWHRs are most beneficial in Edmonton.

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Optimal position of flat plate reflectors of solar thermal collector

Energy and Buildings ◽

10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.10.059 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 45 ◽

pp. 161-168 ◽

Cited By ~ 49

Author(s):

Ljiljana T. Kostić ◽

Zoran T. Pavlović

Keyword(s):

Flat Plate ◽

Solar Thermal ◽

Optimal Position ◽

Solar Thermal Collector

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Solar thermal collector augmented by flat plate booster reflector: Optimum inclination of collector and reflector

Applied Energy ◽

10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.10.032 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 88 (4) ◽

pp. 1395-1404 ◽

Cited By ~ 48

Author(s):

Hiroshi Tanaka

Keyword(s):

Flat Plate ◽

Solar Thermal ◽

Solar Thermal Collector

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Theoretical analysis of solar thermal collector and flat plate bottom reflector with a gap between them

Energy Reports ◽

10.1016/j.egyr.2014.10.004 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

pp. 80-88 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Hiroshi Tanaka

Keyword(s):

Theoretical Analysis ◽

Flat Plate ◽

Solar Thermal ◽

Solar Thermal Collector

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Effects of Tilt Angle on Flat-Plate Solar Thermal Collector Systems

British Journal of Applied Science & Technology ◽

10.9734/bjast/2015/17576 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 77-85 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Abdulkadir Kocer ◽

Ismet Yaka ◽

Gozde Sardogan ◽

Afsin Gungor

Keyword(s):

Flat Plate ◽

Tilt Angle ◽

Solar Thermal ◽

Solar Thermal Collector

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Experimental Research of Photovoltaic/Thermal (PV/T) Solar Systems

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.401-403.146 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 401-403 ◽

pp. 146-150

Author(s):

Yong Tai He ◽

Rui Ming Liu ◽

Jin Hao Liu

Keyword(s):

Solar System ◽

Flat Plate ◽

Rural Families ◽

Hot Water ◽

Solar Thermal ◽

Water Tank ◽

Average Output ◽

Solar Systems ◽

Solar Thermal Collector ◽

Electricity Power

A novel water photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) solar system was designed, which consisted of a flat plate solar thermal collector and a flat plate PV/T collector in parallel. The area of flat plate solar thermal collector and PV/T collectors were 2m2, respectively. The performance of PV/T solar system was tested under condition of flat plate PV/T collectors with glass cover. The test results show that the average output electricity power of PV/T solar system was 28.1W in sunny day at 8:27-17:00 (March 8,2013, at Chuxiong city), the water temperature in the water tank insulation with 200L was raised from 18°C to 60°C. The daily useful efficiency of the PV/T solar system reached 46%. The PV/T solar system could meet the basic need of ordinary families to lighting electricity and hot water. The PV/T solar system had high practicality and was suitable for ordinary rural families.

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