Determining the Effect of Inlet Flow Conditions on the Thermal Efficiency of a Flat Plate Solar Collector

Determining the Effect of Inlet Flow Conditions on the Thermal Efficiency of a Flat Plate Solar Collector

The main objective of this study was to investigate the effect of inlet temperature (Tin) and flowrate ( m ˙ ) on thermal efficiency ( η t h ) of flat plate collectors (FPC). Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) was employed to simulate a FPC and the results were validate...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Alobaid, Ben Hughes, Andrew Heyes, Dominic O’Connor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-09-01
Series:Fluids
Subjects:
CFD
solar collector
FPC
outlet water temperature
thermal efficiency
solar cooling
heat transfer
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2311-5521/3/3/67

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