Analysis and design of air heating unglazed flat plate solar collectors
A simplified analysis of unglazed flat plate air heating collectors is developed for use in conjunction with studies of systems involving these collectors. To develop the analysis, an energy balance is formulated for a generalized unglazed collector configuration and then solved via the Laplace transform technique. The analysis was verified by application to a collector configuration for which experimental results are available. Based on the verified analysis, preliminary design and optimization procedures are developed and illustrated by example. A discussion of the relative importance and interplay of the various parameters used to describe collector performance is developed via sensitivity analysis to aid in understanding the behavior of unglazed collectors.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-04-0789
- OSTI ID:
- 6563542
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-78-0077C; CONF-781202-19
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: ASME meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, 10 Dec 1978
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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