scholarly journals Experimental investigation on efficient heat collection of aboveground pipes

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (2 Part B) ◽  
pp. 1445-1460
Author(s):  
Kaipeng Wang ◽  
Qimin Li ◽  
Ke Cheng ◽  
Jian Wang

Prospects for low-cost utilization and storage of solar energy are promising. In this study, the change of shallow geo-temperature was monitored, and the influence of solar radiation on shallow geo-temperature was discussed. Three series of field experiments on heat transfer of aboveground pipes were designed, and the variations of water temperature in the aboveground pipes were also monitored. According to the experimental data, the relevant factors affecting the water temperature inside the pipe (such as solar radiant intensity, pipe?s material, pipe?s spatial location, heat-accumulating wall and so on) were analyzed. Based on the field test, a 3-D model of aboveground pipe heat transfer was established to verify and temperature prediction was carried out. The results show that the water temperature in the pipe is most significantly affected by solar radiation, and is also related to the color of the pipe and its spatial position. The water temperature of galvanized steel pipe wrapped with black plastic film is the highest under solar radiation, and the op?timum distance between the pipe and the heat-accumulating wall and the Earth?s surface is, respectively, 0.90~1.25 times of the outer diameter of the pipe. The way the pipe is covered has a great influence on the water temperature inside the pipe. When the black and polyethylene pipe covered with the white plastic film is in the best spatial position, the highest heat of the three series of tests is obtained, and the difference between the water temperature inside the pipe and the atmospheric temperature reaches 36.3?C.

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Haris Subarjo ◽  
Benedictus Mardwianta ◽  
Anugrah Budi Wicaksono

Radiasi matahari menghasilkan kalor sebagai sumber energi yang dapat dikumpulkan menjadi satu titik sehingga mampu untuk memasak air menggunakan alat bernama Reflektor cermin parabolic. Untuk memperbesar perpindahan kalor menyeluruh (Qm) maka dipilih bahan reflector yang mudah memantulkan sinar matahari. Tujuan yang dilakukan pada penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui daya dan efisiensi termal kolektor pada kompor tenaga surya. Metodologi penelitian ini dengan cara pengambilan data dengan parameter waktu yang sudah ditentukan sesuai kondisi  lingkungan untuk memanaskan air 1000 gram. Subyek penelitian ini adalah parabolic solar cooker dengan diameter 84 cm. Hasil daya kompor yang diperoleh sebesar 36,59 Watt dan efisiensi termal kompor sebesar 6,18 %. Daya kompor dipengaruhi oleh selisih temperatur air setelah dipanaskan dengan temperatur air sebelum dipanaskan. Semakin besar temperatur air setelah dipanaskan maka akan memperbesar daya kompor tersebut. Semakin besar perpindahan kalor menyeluruh Qm dan semakin kecil intensitas radiasi matahari pada reflector yang menggunakan cermin maka efisiensi termal semakin besar.Kata kunci: kompor parabola tenaga surya, daya kompor, efisiensi termalABSTRACTSolar radiation generates the heat as a source of energy that can be collected into a single point so that it is able to cook water using a tool named mirror parabolic reflector. To enlarge the whole heat transfer (QM) then selected reflector material that easily reflects the sunlight. The purpose of this study is to find out the power and efficiency of thermal collectors on solar power stoves. This research methodology by means of data retrieval with specified time parameters according to environmental conditions to heat water 1000 grams. The subject of this study is the parabolic solar cooker with a diameter of 84 cm. Results of stove Power obtained at 36.59 Watt and thermal efficiency of the stove amounted to 6.18%. The cooker's power is influenced by the water temperature difference after heated with water temperature before heated. The larger the water temperature after heated it will enlarge the stove's power. The larger the overall heat transfer of the Qm and the smaller the intensity of the solar radiation on the reflector using the mirror hence the greater the thermal efficiency.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
IRR Wang ◽  
Yedong Cheng ◽  
Chu Zhang

The development status of flat panel solar water heater and the composition of water heater are described. The solar radiation in three typical weather conditions of sunny, cloudy and rainy days is studied. The hot water temperature, heat and heat collector efficiency are studied. The results show that the influence of the weather on the solar irradiance is large, and the irradiance has a great influence on the water temperature.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan K. Abdullah ◽  
Haneen H. Rahman

Improvement of  free convection heat transfer from three finned cylinders arranged at a triangle shape fixed between two walls has been investigated in this study. Three mild steel finned cylinders fixed between two walls from Pyrex glass have been used as a test rig. It has been changed the spacing between the cylinders (X/D=1,2,3 & S/D=2,4,6) and the head orientation of a triangle to the top under constant heat flux values (38, 254, 660, 1268) W/m2 and compare with case of three finned cylinders arranged in vertical array in line fixed between two wall. The experiments are carried for Rayleigh number (Ra) from (15x103 to 14 x104 ) and Prandtl  number from (0.706-0.714 ). The results indicated an increase in Nu with increasing Ra for all cylinders. Furthermore,hx and Nu increased proportionally with the increasing of cylinder spacings for all heat fluxes. Also the experimental results show the case of triangle arrangement is improvement the heat transfer more than case of vertical arrangement. Heat transfer dimensionless correlating equation is also proposed.              Nomeclature: Ax: surface area(m2), T∞: surrounding temperature(k), D: the outer diameter of fin (m), Kf: the thermal conductivity for air at film temperature(W/m.k), hx: Local convection heat transfer(W/m2.k),  Gravitational acceleration(m/s2), I: Electric current (Amp), Nu: Nusselt number, Pr: Prandtl number


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Min Huang ◽  
Zui Tao ◽  
Tao Lei ◽  
Fangbo Cao ◽  
Jiana Chen ◽  
...  

Summary The development of high-yielding, short-duration super-rice hybrids is important for ensuring food security in China where multiple cropping is widely practiced and large-scale farming has gradually emerged. In this study, field experiments were conducted over 3 years to identify the yield formation characteristics in the shorter-duration (∼120 days) super-rice hybrid ‘Guiliangyou 2’ (G2) by comparing it with the longer-duration (∼130 days) super-rice hybrid ‘Y-liangyou 1’ (Y1). The results showed that G2 had a shorter pre-heading growth duration and consequently a shorter total growth duration compared to Y1. Compared to Y1, G2 had lower total biomass production that resulted from lower daily solar radiation, apparent radiation use efficiency (RUE), crop growth rate (CGR), and biomass production during the pre-heading period, but the grain yield was not significantly lower than that of Y1 because it was compensated for by the higher harvest index that resulted from slower leaf senescence (i.e., slower decline in leaf area index during the post-heading period) and higher RUE, CGR, and biomass production during the post-heading period. Our findings suggest that it is feasible to reduce the dependence of yield formation on growth duration to a certain extent in rice by increasing the use efficiency of solar radiation through crop improvement and also highlight the need for a greater fundamental understanding of the physiological processes involved in the higher use efficiency of solar radiation in super-rice hybrids.


Author(s):  
Ajay Kumar Kaviti ◽  
Akkala Siva Ram ◽  
Amit Kumar Thakur

In this experimental study, permanent magnets with three different sizes (M-1: 32 mm inner diameter, 70 mm outer diameter and 15 mm thick, M-2: 25 mm inner diameter, 60 mm outer diameter and 10 mm thick, M-3: 22 mm inner diameter, 45 mm outer diameter and 9 mm thick) are fully submerged in the single-slope glass solar still. The performance of magnetic solar stills (MSS) with three different sizes at 2 cm depth water to ensure that magnets are fully submerged is compared with conventional solar still (CSS) at the location 17.3850°N, 78.4867°E. Tiwari model is adapted to calculate the heat transfer coefficients (HTC), internal and exergy efficiencies. MSS with M-1, M-2 and M-3 significantly enhanced the convective, radiative, and evaporative heat transfer rate for the 2 cm depth of water. This is due to the desired magnetic treatment of water, which reduces the surface tension and increases the hydrogen bonds. The MSS's total internal HTC, instantaneous efficiencies led CSS by 25.52%, 28.8%, respectively, with M-1. Having various magnetic fields due to different magnets sizes increases MSS's exergetic efficiency by 33.61% with M-1, 33.76% with M-2, and 42.25% with M-3. Cumulative yield output for MSS with M-1, M-2, and M-3 is 21.66%, 17.64%, 15.78% higher than CSS. The use of permanent magnets of different sizes in the MSS is a viable, economical and straight forward technique to enhance productivity.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arun Kumar Shrestha ◽  
Arati Thapa ◽  
Hima Gautam

Monitoring and prediction of the climatic phenomenon are of keen interest in recent years because it has great influence in the lives of people and their environments. This paper is aimed at reporting the variation of daily and monthly solar radiation, air temperature, relative humidity (RH), and dew point over the year of 2013 based on the data obtained from the weather station situated in Damak, Nepal. The result shows that on a clear day, the variation of solar radiation and RH follows the Gaussian function in which the first one has an upward trend and the second one has a downward trend. However, the change in air temperature satisfies the sine function. The dew point temperature shows somewhat complex behavior. Monthly variation of solar radiation, air temperature, and dew point shows a similar pattern, lower at winter and higher in summer. Maximum solar radiation (331 Wm-2) was observed in May and minimum (170 Wm-2) in December. Air temperature and dew point had the highest value from June to September nearly at 29°C and 25°C, respectively. The lowest value of the relative humidity (55.4%) in April indicates the driest month of the year. Dew point was also calculated from the actual readings of air temperature and relative humidity using the online calculator, and the calculated value showed the exact linear relationship with the observed value. The diurnal and nocturnal temperature of each month showed that temperature difference was relatively lower (less than 10°C) at summer rather than in winter.


2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 1576-1582 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Lentz ◽  
J. H. Churchill ◽  
C. Marquette ◽  
J. Smith

Abstract Onset's HOBO U22 Water Temp Pros are small, reliable, relatively inexpensive, self-contained temperature loggers that are widely used in studies of oceans, lakes, and streams. An in-house temperature bath calibration of 158 Temp Pros indicated root-mean-square (RMS) errors ranging from 0.01° to 0.14°C, with one value of 0.23°C, consistent with the factory specifications. Application of a quadratic calibration correction substantially reduced the RMS error to less than 0.009°C in all cases. The primary correction was a bias error typically between −0.1° and 0.15°C. Comparison of water temperature measurements from Temp Pros and more accurate temperature loggers during two oceanographic studies indicates that calibrated Temp Pros have an RMS error of ~0.02°C throughout the water column at night and beneath the surface layer influenced by penetrating solar radiation during the day. Larger RMS errors (up to 0.08°C) are observed near the surface during the day due to solar heating of the black Temp Pro housing. Errors due to solar heating are significantly reduced by wrapping the housing with white electrical tape.


2015 ◽  
Vol 787 ◽  
pp. 238-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Pachaiyappan ◽  
J. Dasa Prakash

Air pre-heater and economizer are heat transfer surfaces in which air temperature and water temperature are raised by transferring heat from other media such as flue gas. Hot air is necessary for rapid combustion in the furnace and also for drying coal in milling plants. So an essential boiler accessory which serves this purpose is air pre-heater. The air pre-heater is not essential for operation of steam generator, but they are used where a study of cost indicates that money can be saved or efficient combustion can be obtained by their use. The decision for its adoption can be made when the financial advantages is weighed against the capital cost of heater. The efficiency of the boiler increases with the increase in the temperature of the combustion air used in the furnace. This is achieved by the increased temperature of the flue gas in the air preheater and economizer zone. This paper deals with the different ways to obtain the maximum heat from the flue gas travelling through the air preheater and the economizer zone to improve the boiler efficiency.


Author(s):  
Junnosuke Okajima ◽  
Atsuki Komiya ◽  
Shigenao Maruyama

The objective of this work is to experimentally and numerically evaluate small-scale cryosurgery using an ultrafine cryoprobe. The outer diameter (OD) of the cryoprobe was 550 μm. The cooling performance of the cryoprobe was tested with a freezing experiment using hydrogel at 37 °C. As a result of 1 min of cooling, the surface temperature of the cryoprobe reached −35 °C and the radius of the frozen region was 2 mm. To evaluate the temperature distribution, a numerical simulation was conducted. The temperature distribution in the frozen region and the heat transfer coefficient was discussed.


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