Analysis of Thermal Performance of Solar Collector in Solar Water Heating System

Abstract:

The daily collected heat energy of solar collector in solar water heating system is calculated by the modeling of solar collector and stratified tank, and the result is verified by experiments. Through analysis of the calculation results, the simplified formula for calculating the daily collected heat energy is given. Using this simplified formula, the daily collected heat energy under different flow rates is calculated. The result shows that the daily collected heat energy of solar collector running in solar water heating system tends to stable when the flow rate above 0.005kg/(m².s).

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1055)
• Pages: 193-198
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1055.193
• Online since: November 2014
• Authors: Jing Zhao, Zhi Ping Wang*, Ke Zhen Wang, Xin Lu
• Keywords: Flow Rate, Solar Collector, Solar Water Heating System, Stratified Tank

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