Comparison of performance of flat plate and parabolic trough solar collectors in several US cities

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981 · Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5900101

Stromberg, R P ^[1]; Bush, L D

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1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM

One very common use of the flat plate collector is residential water heating. Concentrating thermal collectors have been developed for much higher temperature uses, based on the knowledge that the upper limit on output from the flat plate collector is roughly at the boiling point of water. Total annual outputs are extensively compared. There is a significant variation in relative performance of flat plate and concentrating collectors in different climates. There is a noticeable variation in relative output from winter to summer. In some parts of the United States the weather conditions of winter favor the use of concentrating collectors over flat plate collectors for residential water heating.

• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5900101
• Report Number(s): CONF-810509-(Vol.1)
• Journal Information: Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States), Vol. 4.1; Conference: Annual conference of the International Solar Energy Society, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 26 May 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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MONTHLY VARIATIONS
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