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http://dx.doi.org/10.7316/KHNES.2014.25.5.541

Modeling Analysis for Thermal Performance of Solar Flat Plate Collector System Through a Year  

Kim, Gew Deok (Grad. School of Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
Park, Bae Duck (Grad. School of Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
Kim, Kyoung Hoon (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
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Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society / v.25, no.5, 2014 , pp. 541-549 More about this Journal
Abstract
The monthly-average meteorological data, in particular, the monthly average daily terrestrial horizontal insolation are required for designing solar thermal energy systems. In this paper, the dynamic thermal performance of a flat plate solar collector system is numerically investigated through a year from the monthly average insolation data in Seoul. For a specified data set of solar collector system, the dynamic behaviors of total solar radiation on the tilted collector surfaces, heat loss from the collector system, useful energy and collector efficiency are analyzed from January to December by a mathematical simulation model. In addition, the monthly average daily total solar radiation, useful energy, and daily collector efficiencies through a year are estimated. The simulated results show that the average total radiation is highest in March and the useful energy is highest in October, while the total radiation and the collector efficiency are lowest in July.
Keywords
Solar; Flat plate collector; Insolation; Useful energy; Collector efficiency;
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