Comparative studies on thermal performance of water-in-glass evacuated tube solar water heaters with different collector tilt-angles

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1381-1389

  Tang, Runsheng ^a   Yang, Yuqin ^a   Gao, Wenfeng ^a  

^a YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Collector tilt angle; Comparative experimental studies; Flow structure in tubes; Thermal performance; Water in glass solar water heater

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COLD WATERS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; EVACUATED TUBES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HEAT GAINS; HEAT REMOVAL; HOT WATER; INLET WATER TEMPERATURES; POSITIVE EFFECTS; SOLAR THERMAL CONVERSION; STORAGE TANK; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TILT-ANGLE; WATER CIRCULATION; WATER STORAGE TANKS; WATER-IN-GLASS SOLAR WATER HEATER;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTS; GLASS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; MIXED CONVECTION; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; SUN; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TUBES (COMPONENTS);

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLASS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79956094160     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.03.019     Document Type: Article

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