Exergy analysis of a developed flat-plate wickless-heat-pipes solar-collector with series condensers

Authors

  • Imad Eldin Saeed Centre for integrated design for advanced mechanical systems, Faculty of Eng. & Built Environment, National University of Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, S.D.E., Malaysia). Emails: ismt5@yahoo.com; p49152@siswa.ukm.edu.my

Keywords:

solar thermal-collector, heat pipes, exergy analysis

Abstract

A flat-plate wickless-heat-pipes solar-thermal collector with series condenser-coolers (FHSC-S) is developed. Indoor solar experiments are conducted to investigate the thermal behaviour of the FHSC-S collector. The collector is tested under different experimental parameters (collector tilt angles, water flow-rates, solar irradiance levels, and inlet-water temperatures). This part (I) presents the collector design and details, besides an exergy analysis. The experimental results showed that the collector performed well. The inlet fluid exergy, outflow exergy, and gained exergy are increased with the increment in the inlet temperature. The maximum and average values of the collector’s exergy efficiency are 0.20 and 0.08, respectively.

Author Biography

Imad Eldin Saeed, Centre for integrated design for advanced mechanical systems, Faculty of Eng. & Built Environment, National University of Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, S.D.E., Malaysia). Emails: ismt5@yahoo.com; p49152@siswa.ukm.edu.my

mechnical & material engineerings

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Published

2022-09-30

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 3 (2022): CIGR Journal

Section

VI-Postharvest Technology and Process Engineering