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Title: Analysis of boiling flat-plate collectors

Abstract

A detailed model for use with TRNSYS, capable of modelling a wide range of boiling collector types, was used to analyze boiling flat-plate collector systems. This model can account for a subcooled liquid entering the collector, heat losses in the vapor and the liquid return line, pressure drops due to friction in the collector and piping, and pressure drops due to the hydrostatic head of the fluid. The model has been used to determine the yearly performance of boiling flat-plate solar collector systems. A simplified approach was also developed which can be used with the f-Chart method to predict yearly performance of boiling flat-plate collector systems.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Solar Energy Lab., Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
OSTI Identifier:
5472076
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
J. Sol. Energy Eng.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 108:2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; BOILING; ANNUAL VARIATIONS; F-CHART; FRICTION; HEAT LOSSES; HYDROSTATICS; PERFORMANCE; PIPES; PRESSURE DROP; SUBCOOLING; T CODES; VAPORS; COMPUTER CODES; COOLING; ENERGY LOSSES; EQUIPMENT; FLUIDS; GASES; LOSSES; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; SIMULATION; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; VARIATIONS; 141000* - Solar Collectors & Concentrators

Citation Formats

Price, H W, Klein, S A, and Beckman, W A. Analysis of boiling flat-plate collectors. United States: N. p., 1986. Web. doi:10.1115/1.3268083.
Price, H W, Klein, S A, & Beckman, W A. Analysis of boiling flat-plate collectors. United States. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3268083
Price, H W, Klein, S A, and Beckman, W A. 1986. "Analysis of boiling flat-plate collectors". United States. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3268083.
@article{osti_5472076,
title = {Analysis of boiling flat-plate collectors},
author = {Price, H W and Klein, S A and Beckman, W A},
abstractNote = {A detailed model for use with TRNSYS, capable of modelling a wide range of boiling collector types, was used to analyze boiling flat-plate collector systems. This model can account for a subcooled liquid entering the collector, heat losses in the vapor and the liquid return line, pressure drops due to friction in the collector and piping, and pressure drops due to the hydrostatic head of the fluid. The model has been used to determine the yearly performance of boiling flat-plate solar collector systems. A simplified approach was also developed which can be used with the f-Chart method to predict yearly performance of boiling flat-plate collector systems.},
doi = {10.1115/1.3268083},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5472076}, journal = {J. Sol. Energy Eng.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 108:2,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986},
month = {Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986}
}