Study of thermal radiative properties of antireflection glass for flat-plate solar collector covers

Hsieh, Cheng‐Yang; Coldewey, R.W.

doi:10.1016/0038-092x(74)90001-2

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“…Flat plate collectors are either corrugated (Mathur et al, 1959), bond duct (Patil, 1975) or tube-in-plate type (CSIRO, 1964) with different clamping arrangements (Yellot and Sobotka, 1964;Gupta and Garg, 1968;Bliss, 1959). The performance of the flat plate collector depends upon various design parameters, such as the number of covers, type and thickness of glazing (Whillier, 1963), antireflecting coating on cover glass (Hsieh and Coldeway, 1974), heat mirror coating on the inner glass (Winegarner, 1976), the type of coating on the collector plate (Nahar and Garg, 1981), spacing between the collector and the inner glass (Nahar and Garg, 1980), an evacuated space between the collector and the inner glass (Simon, 1975), the arresting of convective movement between the collector plate and the inner glass by using transparent insulation material (TIM) (Hollands, 1965;Nahar et al, 1995), and the type of insulation used (Whillier and Saluja, 1965), etc. all of which are responsible for the performance of a flat plate collector.…”

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Review of materials for solar thermal collectors

Alghoul

Sulaiman

Azmi

et al. 2005

Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials

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Purpose -To cover the main contributions and developments in solar thermal collectors through focusing on materials, heat transfer characteristics and manufacturing challenges. Design/methodology/approach -A range of published papers and internet research including research work on various solar thermal collectors (flat plate, evacuated tubes, and heat pipe tube) were used. Evaluation of solar collectors performance is critiqued to aid solar technologies make the transition into a specific dominant solar collector. The sources are sorted into sections: finding an academic job, general advice, teaching, research and publishing, tenure and organizations. Findings -Provides information about types of solar thermal collectors, indicating what can be added by using evacuated tube collectors instead of flat plate collectors and what can be added by using heat pipe collectors instead of evacuated tubes. Research limitations/implications -Focusing only on three types of solar thermal collectors (flat plate, evacuated tubes, and heat pipe tube). Practical implications -Useful source of information for consultancy and impartial advice for graduate students planning to do research in solar thermal technologies. Originality/value -This paper fulfils identified information about materials and heat transfer properties of materials and manufacturing challenges of these three solar thermal collectors.

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