Experimental investigation on the flat plate solar water heater with glass as absorber material

S. Saravanan; N. Krishna Mohan

doi:https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V40P226

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Volume 40 | Number 1 | Year 2016 | Article Id. IJETT-V40P226 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V40P226

Experimental investigation on the flat plate solar water heater with glass as absorber material

S. Saravanan, N. Krishna Mohan

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S. Saravanan, N. Krishna Mohan, "Experimental investigation on the flat plate solar water heater with glass as absorber material," International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT), vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 154-157, 2016. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V40P226

Abstract

In this study the experimental investigation was carried out on identical flat plate solar water heaters with three different absorber materials (i) Absorber Black painted clear toughened glass plate sandwich type (ABPCTG) (ii) Absorber Tinted toughened glass plate sandwich type (ATTG) (iii) Absorber Galvanized Iron plate with pipe (AGI). The efficiencies of the collectors for different absorbers at different flow rates are tested and reported. The experimental results suggest that the first type performs (ABPCTG) better as compared to other two.

Keywords

Solar water heater collector, Scaling, Blockage, Toughened glass as absorber, Sandwich type, Water outlet temperature, Efficiency.

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