Effects of operating conditions on the performance of honeycomb and conventional flat plate solar collectors

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980 · Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6822672

McMurrin, J C ^[1]; Buchberg, H

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1. Jet Propulsion Lab., Pasadena, CA

A comprehensive analytical study of the sensitivity of flat plate solar collector performance to operating conditions is reported. A single-glazed collector with a high performance double-sinusoidal glass honeycomb is studied, along with conventional single-glazed collectors with and without selective black absorber and a double-glazed collector. Top and bottom loss coefficients are calculated with recent theoretical and experimental heat transfer correlations. Effects of seven operating variables are analyzed.

• OSTI ID: 6822672
• Report Number(s): CONF-800604-P2
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 3.1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
141000* -- Solar Collectors & Concentrators
ENERGY LOSSES
ENERGY TRANSFER
EQUIPMENT
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
HEAT LOSSES
HEAT TRANSFER
HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES
INCLINATION
LOSSES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
PERFORMANCE
SOLAR ABSORBERS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SPECTRALLY SELECTIVE SURFACES
SURFACES
WIND