The Thermal Performance Evaluation of a Typical Solar Collector Based on the Iranian National Standardization Organization Standard 7129

doi:10.22034/ijche.2021.263634.1081

The Thermal Performance Evaluation of a Typical Solar Collector Based on the Iranian National Standardization Organization Standard 7129

Document Type : Original Article

10.22034/ijche.2021.263634.1081

Abstract

In this paper, the performance of a typical glass flat plate solar collector is evaluated experimentally by the test bench designed and constructed at Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) in the city of Tehran. The results of five experimental tests including thermal performance evaluation, effective heat capacity, time constant, radiation angle correction factor and pressure drop are presented according to the Iranian National Standardization Organization (INSO) standard 7129. The results show that the highest thermal efficiency of the tested collector based on the gross surface area is 42.5% in ideal temperature conditions.
In addition, its effective heat capacity is 42618 J/K and its time constant is obtained equal to106 seconds. Furthermore, its radiation angle correction factor is 0.85 for incident angle of 45o and the pressure drop of the tested collector is about 500 Pa for its working mass flow rate.

Keywords

20.1001.1.17355400.1400.20.117.1.8

Main Subjects

مهندسی شیمی

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