Flat Plate Thermal Solar Collector Efficiency: Transient Behavior Under Working Conditions. Part I: Model Description And Experimental Validation

M.C Rodríguez-Hidalgo (1) , P.A. Rodríguez-Aumente (1) , A Lecuona (1) , G.L. Gutiérrez-Urueta (1) , R Ventas (1)

1 Avda. Universidad 30

The efficiency of a solar collector is a key factor for the performance of thermal facilities. As the weather conditions vary continuously during the day, the instant collector efficiency depends not only on the components employed in its construction but also on the actual environmental conditions, the hot water temperature and aging. An experimental research was performed to describe the transient behavior of a flat plate collector field under outdoor working conditions.

Mots clés: Solar energy; Flat plate collector; Transient model; Collector thermal efficiency; Collector performance; Solar Domestic Hot Water

Domaines: Thermique [physics.class-ph]; Thermique [physics.class-ph]

M.C Rodríguez-Hidalgo, P.A. Rodríguez-Aumente, A Lecuona, G.L. Gutiérrez-Urueta, R Ventas. Flat Plate Thermal Solar Collector Efficiency: Transient Behavior Under Working Conditions. Part I: Model Description And Experimental Validation. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2011, 31 (14-15), pp.2394. ⟨10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.04.003⟩. ⟨hal-00781345⟩