Testing and analysis of a heat pipe solar collector
Journal Article
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· J. Sol. Energy Eng.; (United States)
We developed an integral heat pipe/evacuated-tube solar collector in which the inner receiver tubes form the evaporator sections of glass heat pipes. This paper describes both theoretical analyses and empirical tests, comparing the performance of the glass heat pipe solar collector with one of today's high efficiency evacuated tube solar collectors. The comparison demonstrates that the performance of the two collectors is effectively identical. The testing and analysis indicate that the glass wick-type glass heat pipe is an effective heat transfer system for evacuated-tube solar collectors.
- Research Organization:
- Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden, CO
- OSTI ID:
- 6979585
- Journal Information:
- J. Sol. Energy Eng.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Sol. Energy Eng.; (United States) Vol. 105:4; ISSN JSEED
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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