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Performance testing of different types of liquid flat plate collectors
Author(s) -
Riffat S. B.,
Doherty P. S.,
Abdel Aziz E. I.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/1099-114x(20001025)24:13<1203::aid-er673>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - fin , heat pipe , engineering , materials science , mechanical engineering , optics , mechanics , heat transfer , physics
This paper presents the results obtained from laboratory testing of four liquid flat plate collectors. The collectors tested include a wavy fin collector, two flat plate heat pipe collectors, and a clip fin solar collector. The clip fin solar collector was tested, so as to compare this simple and inexpensive type of collector against the more costly wavy fin collector and the flat plate heat pipe collector. Using a similar basis of comparison, efficiency values have been formulated in order to compare the performance of the solar collectors. The experimental results show the clip fin solar collector to be promising, with experimental efficiencies approaching 86 per cent. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.