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A Comparative Analysis on the Thermal Performance of Solar Vacuum Collector Tubes  

Hyun, June-Ho (Graduate School, Dept. of Nuclear & Energy Engineering, Cheju Nat'l University)
Chun, Won-Gee (Dept. of Nuclear & Energy Engineering, Cheju Nat'l University)
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Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society / v.23, no.3, 2003 , pp. 15-22 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study deals with the collection of solar energy and its storage in evacuated tubular collector systems for different types of header design, flow passage and heat transfer devices. In order to elicit the most efficient combination of header design, flow passage, heat transfer hardware and operating conditions, a series of tests were done for the four different types of solar collectors utilizing vacuum tubes. The systems studied here either has the evacuated collector tubes with a metal cap on one end or the all-glass evacuated solar collector tubes These evacuated tubular collectors are known to be more efficient than the flat-plate ones in both direct and diffuse solar radiation. Test results show that the system comprised of the all-glass evacuated tubes with U-shaped copper pipes inside outperforms the other configurations. Especially, a rolled copper sheet tightly placed along the inner surface of each inner tube enhances heat transfer between the heated collector surface and the water contained in the U-shaped copper pipe.
Keywords
Solar water heating; Evacuated tubes; Thermal performance;
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