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Numerical Study on Thermal Characteristics at Absorber Plate of Flat-Plate Solar Collector with Single Riser  

Kim, Jeong-Bae (Solar Thermal Research Center, KIER(Korea Institute of Energy Research))
Lee, Dong-Won (Solar Thermal Research Center, KIER(Korea Institute of Energy Research))
Baek, Nam-Choon (Solar Thermal Research Center, KIER(Korea Institute of Energy Research))
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Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society / v.27, no.3, 2007 , pp. 149-154 More about this Journal
Abstract
It is essential to know the heat transfer characteristics at the absorber plate of Flat-plate solar collector for optimum design. For flat-plate solar collector, it is difficult to experimentally study the effect for the Reynolds number of riser considering low mass flow rate being applied into the collector with one riser tube. So, this study were performed to show the heat transfer characteristics of flat-plate solar collector with single absorber plate and riser for various Reynolds number at riser using commercial code FLUENT 6.0. The base collector size is chosen with $0.4m^2$ as 0.2m by 2m with single riser in this study, Reynolds number at riser is from 200 to 1200 including about 530 at typical flat-plate collector with 10 risers considering the mass flow rate of 0.02kg/s per collector area for the certificate test Through the simulation, the results were presented as the temperature distribution at the absorber plate for various flow rate and solar irradiance conditions, then showed the effective length scale of the absorber plate The real solar irradiation condition is assumed as the constant heat flux condition of $500w/m^2$ considering the annual average solar irradiance in Korea.
Keywords
Flat-plate solar collector; Absorber plate; Riser; FLUENT; Heat Transfer Characteristics;
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