Affiliation:
1. Physics Department, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
The performance of a flat plate solar collector with thin absorber is studied. The temperature of the absorber and its variation along the local day time is obtained by solving a heat balance equation. The temperature of the working fluid is also estimated. A published solar source functionto predict the hourly daily incident solar irradiance on horizontal surface is considered. Five absorbers of different materials: Copper, Aluminum, Stainless steel, Glass and Mica are treated. Two cooling conditions at the absorber front irradiated surface are also taken into consideration. Factors affecting its efficiency are revealed.
Publisher
Oriental Scientific Publishing Company
Subject
Pharmacology (medical),Complementary and alternative medicine,Pharmaceutical Science
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