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Title: Standardized performance tests of collectors of solar thermal energy. A flat-plate collector with a single-tube serpentine flow distribution

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7348341· OSTI ID:7348341

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:
NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH (United States)
OSTI ID:
7348341
Report Number(s):
NASA-TM-X-73417
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English