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Title: Standardized performance tests of collectors of solar thermal energy: a selectively coated, flat-plate copper collector with one transparent cover and a tube-to-tube spacing of 5 5/8 inches

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7341722

This preliminary data report gives basic test results of a flat-plate solar collector whose performance was determined in the NASA-Lewis solar simulator. The collector was tested over ranges of inlet temperatures, fluxes and coolant flow rates. Collector efficiency is correlated in terms of inlet temperature and flux level.

Research Organization:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cleveland, Ohio (USA). Lewis Research Center
OSTI ID:
7341722
Report Number(s):
N-76-17642; NASA-TM-X-71871; E-8644
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English