Energy and Economic Analysis of Curved, Straight, and Spiral Flow Flat-Plate Solar Water Collector

Muthuraman, U.; Shankar, R.; Nassa, Vinay Kumar; Karthick, Alagar; Malla, Chandrabhanu; Kumar, Amit; Kumar, P. Manoj; Rahim, Robbi; Bharani, Murugesan

doi:10.1155/2021/5547274

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“…The experimental study revealed that the treated heat pipes resulted in an 80% increase in the collector's thermal performance and a 44% reduction in the thermal resistance [160]. Muthuraman et al [161] in Tamil Nadu, India, experimented with three geometric configurations of the FPC's flow tubes: straight, curved, and spiral-shaped. They concluded that the spiral tube configuration yielded the best efficiencies of 69% and 73% for water mass flow rates of 0.0045 kg/s and 0.006 kg/s, respectively.…”

Section: Solar Water Heater Performance Enhancement Methodsmentioning

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Global Challenges of Current Building-Integrated Solar Water Heating Technologies and Its Prospects: A Comprehensive Review

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Among the renewable energy resources, solar thermal is one of the technologies that significantly contribute to energy supply and reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Solar water heating (SWH) contributes a large proportion of the global solar thermal capacity, with 63% installation for domestic hot water (DHW) systems, 28% for large DHW systems, and the remaining 9% for other applications such as swimming pools heating, solar district heating, and space heating. Still, now, there are many challenges and limitations of those SWH technologies. The present work reviews the current challenges faced in the domestic SWH industry globally. The integration of thermal energy storage (TES) systems for better collector’s radiation absorption and overall performance are also highlighted. Many countries worldwide seem to face similar challenges within the SWH technologies and industry. It is proven that these challenges and limitations can hinder the global capacity of solar thermal utilization.

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Global Challenges of Current Building-Integrated Solar Water Heating Technologies and Its Prospects: A Comprehensive Review

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“…Every hour from the commencement of 8 a.m. to the completion of the examination at 6 p.m., temperature data were recorded using 11 J-type temperature sensors and a digital recorder. Hourly measurements of solar irradiance and generated clean water had been also made with an electronic solar metre and a metered container [26,27]. The thermodynamic effectiveness the solar stills was tested in real environmental conditions at a fixed water depth of 2.0 cm.…”

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Improving the yield of a solar still with the aid of an evacuated tube

Akram¹,

Saritha²,

Sharma³

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J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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Solar distilling process is a viable way to supplying clean freshwater to remote populations with low water condition and sufficient sunshine. Because, water purified in a simple solar still yields less, and hence, it would not be widely utilized or traded. The effectiveness of a traditional solar still is highly dependent on the quantity of energy received by the solar still's bottom surface. Thus, expanding either the absorption capacity of the basin surface or the rate of energy transfer to the saline water would then result in an enhancement in potable water yield levels. Through the coupling of an evacuated glass tube (EGT), an effort has been made to increase the evaporative heat transfer and solar still heat transfer effectiveness in this study. Further, the current research analysis compares the performance of the ordinary (Plain-Still) and evacuated tube linked solar stills (EGT-Still) at a fixed water level of 2.0 cm. The findings demonstrated that integrating an evacuated tube with the traditional solar still increased the solar still's productivity by 13.73%.

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“…For the processing of discontinuous rein-forced AMCs, several researchers prefer to employ stir casting route. e foremost objective of melt stirring is that it is trouble-free, flexible, unproblematic, reasonable, and appropriate for bulk production [16,17]. Mohanavel et al [18] utilized melt stirring to manufacture AA6351/SiC AMCs.…”

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Mechanical Properties of Titanium Diboride Particles Reinforced Aluminum Alloy Matrix Composites: A Comprehensive Review

Mohanavel

Ravichandran²,

Anandakrishnan

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Advances in Materials Science and Engineering

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Aluminum alloys with silicon, magnesium, and copper were extensively used alloying elements in various applications because of their excellent properties. In recent decades, aluminum matrix composites (AMCs) are an advanced engineering material widely utilized in diverse engineering applications, including aircraft, automobile, marine, and shipbuilding, owing to their low density, lightweight, good stiffness, superior strength, and good tribological properties. Aluminum is abundant and its use is as vast as the ocean. It is also the most used matrix material in the composite arena. Therefore, incorporating a ceramic particle into a relatively soft aluminum matrix improves hardness, strength, stiffness, creep, fatigue, and wear properties instead of the conventional materials. This article is an assay to review and spotlight some recent works on the mechanical behaviors of aluminum-based titanium diboride reinforced metal matrix composite. This review article concentrates on the mechanical properties and the fabrication processes of Al-TiB2 composites to provide a valuable reference to nurture future research precisely.

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Energy and Economic Analysis of Curved, Straight, and Spiral Flow Flat-Plate Solar Water Collector

Abstract: In this work, the solar water collector flow tube geometry is modified as curved and spiral to enhance the system’s performance. The investigation is carried out experimentally under the meteorological conditions of the Kovilpatti region (9°10 ′ 0 … Show more

Cited by 36 publications

References 40 publications

Global Challenges of Current Building-Integrated Solar Water Heating Technologies and Its Prospects: A Comprehensive Review

Global Challenges of Current Building-Integrated Solar Water Heating Technologies and Its Prospects: A Comprehensive Review

Improving the yield of a solar still with the aid of an evacuated tube

Mechanical Properties of Titanium Diboride Particles Reinforced Aluminum Alloy Matrix Composites: A Comprehensive Review

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