A Study on the Flat-Plate Solar Collector Performance taking into account of the Collector Thermal Capacitance

집열기(集熱器) 열용량(熱容量)을 고려(考慮)한 평판형집열기(平板型集熱器) 성능(性能)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究)

This paper presents the performance of a Flat-Plate Solar Collector in case of taking into account of the thermal capacitance. The relationships among energy absorption, overall heat loss coefficient and temperature distribution are studied theoretically. And the thermal capacitance of the collector is considered. Also, the results obtained are compared with those of model in which the thermal capacitance is neglected. As the results of this study, the efficiency of the collector having double glazing is higher than the other cases. It is shown that the fluid temperature in the tubes are rising close to linearly. The variations of the outlet temperature of tubes in the model neglecting the effect of thermal capacitance are tend to represent lower slope than that of considering the effect of thermal capacitance.