LvoluLlon of 1hermal Lfflclency of

double pass solar collecLor wlLh

porous nonporous medla(A revlew)
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AbsLracL
W 1he doublepass solar collecLor wlLh porous
medla ln Lhe lower channel provldes a hlgher
ouLleL LemperaLure compared Lo Lhe
convenLlonal slnglepass collecLor 1herefore
Lhe Lhermal efflclency of Lhe solar collecLor ls
hlgher A LheoreLlcal model has been
developed for Lhe doublepass solar collecLor
An experlmenLal seLup has been deslgned and
consLrucLed
AbsLracL
W 1he porous medla has been arranged ln
dlfferenL poroslLles Lo lncrease heaL Lransfer
area denslLy and Lhe LoLal heaL Lransfer raLe
Comparlsons of Lhe LheoreLlcal and Lhe e Such
comparlsons lnclude Lhe ouLleL LemperaLures
and Lhermal efflclencles of Lhe solar collecLor
for varlous deslgn and operaLlng condlLlons
experlmenLal resulLs have been conducLed
AbsLracL
W 1he relaLlonshlps lnclude Lhe effecL of changes
ln upper and lower channel depLh on Lhe
Lhermal efflclency wlLh and wlLhouL porous
medla Moreover Lhe effecLs of mass flow
raLe solar radlaLlon and LemperaLure rlses on
Lhe Lhermal efflclency of Lhe doublepass solar
collecLor have been sLudled ln addlLlon heaL
Lransfer and pressure drop relaLlonshlps have
been developed for alrflow Lhrough Lhe
porous medla
AbsLracL
W Close agreemenL has been obLalned beLween
Lhe LheoreLlcal and experlmenLal resulLs 1he
sLudy concluded LhaL Lhe presence of porous
medla ln Lhe second channel lncreases Lhe
ouLleL LemperaLure Lherefore lncreases Lhe
Lhermal efflclency of Lhe sysLems
W 1he Lhermal efflclency of Lhls Lype of collecLor
ls slgnlflcanLly hlgher Lhan Lhe Lhermal
efflclency of convenLlonal alr heaLer exceedlng
73 under normal operaLlng condlLlons 1he
pressure drop ls noL so slgnlflcanL lf hlgh
porous medlum ls used and careful deslgn of
ureLurn secLlon ls consldered
Soplan eL al conducLed experlmenLal sLudles on Lhe
double pass solar collecLor wlLh and wlLhouL porous
medla ln Lhe second channel 1he collecLor has only
one glass cover and a blackened meLal absorber and
Lhe maLerlal used as Lhe porous medla ls sLeel wool
1o ensure good flow dlsLrlbuLlon across Lhe bed lL ls
necessary LhaL Lhe pressure drop across Lhe packed
bed ls large Powever lL ls also necessary Lo keep Lhe
pressure drop low so LhaL Lhe energy spenL ln
pumplng Lhe alr Lhrough Lhe bed ls low Lo make Lhe
sysLem cosL effecLlve
LxperlmenLal seLup
LxperlmenLal seLup
W 1he above flgure shows Lhe solar slmulaLor and Lhe
collecLor undergolng LesLlng 1he slmulaLor uses 43
halogen lamps each wlLh a raLed power of 300W 1he
maxlmum average radlaLlon of 642 W/m2 can be
reached ulmmers are used Lo conLrol Lhe amounL of
radlaLlon LhaL Lhe LesL collecLor recelved 1he dlmmers
are dlvlded lnLo slx scales for produclng dlfferenL
amounL of radlaLlon values 1hese values have been
prevlously measured uslng Lhe pyranomeLer 1he
measuremenL errors are abouL 316 for radlaLlon
value of 2778 W/ m2 and 403 for radlaLlon value of
642 W/m2 20 A heaLer ls placed aL Lhe lnleL of Lhe
collecLed undergolng LesL Lo vary Lhe lnleL LemperaLure
LxperlmenLal seLup
W 1he collecLor conslsLs of Lhe glass cover Lhe lnsulaLed
conLalner and Lhe black palnLed alumlnum absorber
1he slze of Lhe collecLor ls 120 cm ln wldLh and 240 cm
ln lengLh 1he flrsL and second channels can be
ad[usLed for opLlmal operaLlons 1he lnleL LemperaLure
Lo Lhe collecLor can be ad[usLed by heaLlng Lhe lnleL alr
Lo Lhe collecLor 1hermocouples are locaLed
sLraLeglcally aL Lhe lnleL endofLhe flrsL pass ouLleL
absorber plaLe and glass cover 1he LemperaLure
measuremenLs are recorded uslng daLa acqulslLlon
sysLem 1he flow raLes are measured uslng Lhe vane
Lype anemomeLer
(a) SchemaLlc of Lhe doublepass solar collecLor wlLh porous
medla (b) SchemaLlc
of heaL Lransfer coefflclenLs ln Lhe doublepass solar collecLor
eferences
W k Soplan MA Alghoul Lbrahlm M Alfegl
M? Sulalman a LA Musa LvaluaLlon of
Lhermal efflclency of doublepass solar
collecLor wlLh porousnonporous medla