Determination of Losses & Loss Coefficients of Solar Flat Plate Collector when Wind Velocity & Tilt Angle at Zero Value – An Experimental Study

Abstract:

The flat plate collector is one of the most widely used device for harnessing solar energy. Measurement of various losses occurring in a flat plate collector is important for design as well as evaluation for efficiency under different conditions. The major part of overall heat loss is the top heat loss. The various losses such as bottom loss, side loss, edge loss, corner loss, sealing loss & top loss etc, are measured as well as recorded. There are forty eight thermocouples located at different points.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 376)
• Pages: 294-298
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.376.294
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: M.K. Bhatt, B.M. Sutaria, S.N. Gaderia, S.A. Channiwala
• Keywords: Collector, Heat Input Flux, Losses, Tilt Angle, Top Loss-Coefficient, Wind Velocity

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