无盖板渗透型集热器热性能的对比试验

利用太阳能空气加热系统实验台,对黑、深绿和深蓝3种颜色无盖板渗透型集热器的热性能进行了户外瞬态对比试验。试验结果表明:太阳辐射照度和风量是影响系统热性能的重要因素。在高档和低档两种风量下,黑色集热器的瞬时平均热效率分别为76.04%和67.50%,高于普通平板太阳能空气集热器;集热器表面颜色对其热性能有一定影响,在高档和低档两种风量下,深绿色和深蓝色集热器的瞬时平均热效率比黑色集热器低15%～22%,空气温升低3～4℃,但仍然优于普通平板空气集热器。从保持建筑立面美观考虑,无盖板渗透型集热器的集热板可以采用颜色较深的彩色,不会对系统热性能造成较大影响。     

改进型微热管平板太阳能空气集热器性能分析

近年来,以空气作为换热介质的太阳能集热器越来越受到重视。本文以微热管阵列为核心传热元件,设计并搭建了改进型微热管平板太阳能空气集热器性能测试系统。通过实验研究了不同空气流量和不同进口温度对集热器集热性能的影响,获得相应参量对集热器的出口空气温度、集热效率和微热管阵列蒸发段温度的影响特性,分析对比了改进前后集热器的集热性能,得到了集热器效率的归一化曲线。实验结果表明,改进型微热管平板太阳能空气集热器在夏季240 m³/h空气流量时集热性能最佳,改进后的集热器相比原集热器在夏季的平均集热效率最高同比提升13.8%;在240 m³/h风量下的平均集热效率最高达到了74%,对应集热器的压降为9.2 Pa。     

Solar energy collection in the Pacific Northwest

The solar energy collection apparatus at the University of Washington has been improved and changed since the original paper on this apparatus was presented by the author in November, 1955. Two different types of collectors are now collecting solar energy, side by side and simultaneously, namely a flat-plate and a parabolic-type collector. Both collectors are attached to a common shaft and fixed so that they will rotate together and track the sun in its travel across the sky. These two collectors can also be changed in inclination to various positions such that the collector surfaces always receive the sun's rays at right angles, for most efficient solar collection. The controls effecting this operation are thoroughly explained in this paper. The efficiency of a collector is the ratio of the energy collected by it to the energy recorded by a pyrheliometer. This efficiency indicates how much of the sun's energy that actually impinges on the earth the collector is capable of absorbing and thus transferring to some medium for future use.

A comparison of the flat-plate and the parabolic collector is made in this paper, along with thorough explanations of all the aspects of the apparatus, illustrated by actual photographs and line drawings. A comparison is also made between fixed collectors and collectors which track the sun. In addition, a comparison is made between the energy that can actually be collected and the energy represented by the total heat loss from an average Seattle home, thus indicating how well the collected solar energy could replace this heat loss, provided the energy could be satisfactorily transferred by an appropriate medium into the house. Finally, mention is made of future research contemplated on solar energy collection and utilization in the Pacific Northwest.     

直通式真空管空气集热器热性能实验及干燥应用

在直通式太阳能玻璃真空管空气集热器基础上改进联箱结构,并搭建测试平台对该种改进型空气集热器进行热性能实验研究。通过实验比较改进前后集热器的温升和效率,获得改进后集热器出口温度与太阳辐照度关系的线性回归方程,掌握不同空气质量流量对集热器出口温度和集热效率的影响规律,分析得到该种真空管的最佳串联个数,并对应用该种集热器的太阳能干燥系统的干燥效果进行初步测试分析。该研究结果可为太阳能空气集热干燥系统的设计及应用提供参考。     

无盖板渗透型太阳能空气集热器热性能的实验研究

无盖板渗透型太阳能空气集热器是一种易于实现建筑一体化的高效新风预热及干燥装置。为了掌握无盖板渗透型集热器在实际工况下的热性能,建造了集热面积为2.2 m2的太阳能空气加热系统实验台,并在2009年2月至2009年4月对其热性能进行了户外瞬态实验研究。实验结果表明出口空气温度随辐射强度的增加而升高,太阳辐射强度是影响集热器出口空气温度的最重要因素,而室外空气温度的影响极小。空气温升随风量的增加而减小,集热器热效率随风量的增加而增大。在三个测试日中集热器的平均热效率分别为58%、63%和72%,高于普通平板太阳能空气集热器。     

The potential applications and advantages of powering solar air-conditioning systems using concentrator augmented solar collectors

Non-concentrated evacuated tube heat pipe solar collectors have been reported to show higher fluid temperatures with improved thermal performance in the low to medium temperature range (?60 °C) due to low heat losses but suffer higher heat losses at the medium to higher temperature range (?80 °C) which reduces their efficiency compared to concentrated evacuated tube heat pipe solar collectors. To operate as stand-alone systems capable of attaining temperatures in the range of 70-120 °C, an innovative concentrator augmented solar collector can be an attractive option. The performance of a combined low-concentrator augmented solar collector in an array of evacuated tube heat pipe solar collectors defined as concentrator augmented evacuated tube heat pipe array (CAETHPA) and an array of evacuated tube heat pipe collectors (ETHPC) were tested and compared and results presented in this paper. The analysis of the experimental data allows concluding that the use of a CAETHPA is a more efficient alternative for integrating renewable energy into buildings with higher fluid temperature response, energy collection and lower heat loss coefficient compared to the use of evacuated tube heat pipe collector array (ETHPA).     

纳米流体太阳集热器的光热性能研究

采用直流碳弧法制备了平均粒径为25nm的碳包铜纳米颗粒,包覆的碳层有效避免了周围环境对铜纳米粒子的影响.采用超声波振荡和添加分散剂的方法,将碳包铜纳米颗粒均匀稳定的分散在体积比为1:1的乙二醇水溶液中,获得了用于直接吸收式太阳集热器的循环工质-碳包铜纳米流体.通过闷晒实验,研究了碳包铜纳米流体的光热转换性能;通过对集热器热效率的测试,研究了碳包铜纳米流体太阳集热器的热性能,结果表明:添加纳米颗粒后,碳包铜纳米流体的光热转换性能明显优于基液和涂有黑漆的铜管表面.直接吸收式的碳包铜纳米流体太阳集热器显著提高了集热器的集热效率,实验中的最高集热效率可达74.688%,比传统平板型集热器的集热效率提高了近10%.     

波纹板太阳能集热器吸热板表面太阳辐照度分布特性研究

采用蒙特卡洛射线追踪法,研究不同季节和安装角度等关键参数对波纹板太阳能集热器与平板太阳能集热器吸热板表面太阳辐照度的影响,并对得到的数据进行分析。模拟结果显示,在相同安装角度下,波纹板太阳能集热器吸热板表面太阳辐照度比平板太阳能集热器大。二者相差的百分比随光线对集热器的入射角而变化,入射角较小时,相差的百分比较大。90°安装时,冬季波纹板太阳能集热器累积辐照度比平板太阳能集热器提升6.2%,夏季二者接近。40°安装时,冬季和夏季波纹板太阳能集热器累积辐照度分别比平板太阳能集热器提升7.1%和6.9%。     

Mathematical modeling and thermal performance analysis of unglazed transpired solar collectors

Unglazed transpired collectors or UTC (also known as perforated collectors) are a relatively new development in solar collector technology, introduced in the early nineties for ventilation air heating. These collectors are used in several large buildings in Canada, USA and Europe, effecting considerable savings in energy and heating costs. Transpired collectors are a potential replacement for glazed flat plate collectors. This paper presents the details of a mathematical model for UTC using heat transfer expressions for the collector components, and empirical relations for estimating the various heat transfer coefficients. It predicts the thermal performance of unglazed transpired solar collectors over a wide range of design and operating conditions. Results of the model were analysed to predict the effects of key parameters on the performance of a UTC for a delivery air temperature of 45–55 °C for drying applications. The parametric studies were carried out by varying the porosity, airflow rate, solar radiation, and solar absorptivity/thermal emissivity, and finding their influence on collector efficiency, heat exchange effectiveness, air temperature rise and useful heat delivered. Results indicate promising thermal performance of UTC in this temperature band, offering itself as an attractive alternate to glazed solar collectors for drying of food products.The results of the model have been used to develop nomograms, which can be a valuable tool for a collector designer in optimising the design and thermal performance of UTC. It also enables the prediction of the absolute thermal performance of a UTC under a given set of conditions.     

Thermal and exergy analysis of solar air collectors with passive augmentation techniques

One of the main disadvantages of solar air collectors in practical applications is their relatively low efficiency. In this experimental investigation, the shape and arrangement of absorber surfaces of the collectors were reorganised to provide better heat transfer surfaces suitable for the passive heat transfer augmentation techniques. The performance of such solar air collectors with staggered absorber sheets and attached fins on absorber surface were tested. The exergy relations are delivered for different solar air collectors. It is seen that the largest irreversibility is occurring at the conventional solar collector in which collector efficiency is smallest.     

Exergy analysis of single‐flow solar air collectors with different configurations of absorber plates

In the current study, an experimental analysis of exergy performance for different absorber plates is done. Three types of absorber plates are supplied with different fin arrangements with a variable air mass flow rate. The exergy analysis to evaluate the exergy performance of the solar air heaters uses experimental data for conventional and finned solar air collectors with different arrangements of fins. The main aim of the current study is to compare the exergy performance of the conventional solar air collector with those equipped with fins. The introducing of the fins in different arrangements enhances the absorber surface area, which leads to increased heat transfer. Also, fins induce air turbulence in the flow field, which improves the exergy performance of solar air collector. It is found that the exergy reduces and exergy efficiency enhances with increasing the airflow rate. The traditional flat absorber plate has undesirable exergy loss and exergy efficiency for all ranges of airflow rates. Thus, the flat plate collector presents the most substantial irreversibility, for which the exergy efficiency is the least. However, the results show that the exergy efficiency of inclined staggered turbulators is higher than that of in‐line and staggered turbulators. The optimal value of exergy efficiency is recorded at nearly 77% for the solar air collectors equipped with inclined staggered turbulators compared with other types of configurations.     

Development and testing of a solar air-heater with conical concentrator

The free convection performance of a solar air heater with a cylindrical absorber centred to a conical concentrator for focusing incident solar radiation was studied. The primary objective was to heat air to higher temperatures than those obtainable in flat-plate collectors.The experiments were carried out and the data recorded in summer daytime, considering collector tilting angle and type of absorbing surface as the investigation parameters.It was found that a tilting angle under local latitude would be appropriate for collector installation. Although the efficiency of the heater at free convection conditions was very much smaller than flat-plate solar air-heaters, exit air temperatures reached up to 150 °C, which could allow utilisation in high temperature applications. A selective absorber surface improved appreciably the performance of the solar air-heater.     

真空管太阳能集热器研究进展

随着太阳能热利用需求的日益增长,真空管太阳能集热器的相关研究得到广泛关注。本文针对空气式真空管太阳能集热器,概述了集热器结构和相变材料对系统热效率的影响,及相变材料与集热器的组合方式,总结了真空管集热器应用中存在的问题,提出了通过改进组合结构以及增加换热面粗糙度提高相变蓄热性能将是重点研究方向。     

Performance analysis of new-design solar air collectors for drying applications

This paper presents a performance analysis of four types of air heating flat plate solar collectors: a finned collector with an angle of 75°, a finned collector with an angle of 70°, a collector with tubes, and a base collector. In this study, the first and second laws of efficiencies were determined for the collectors and comparisons were made among them. The results showed that the efficiency depends on the solar radiation and the construction of the solar air collectors. The temperature rise varied almost linearly with the incident radiation. The first law of efficiency changed between 26% and 80% for collector-I, between 26% and 42% for collector-II, between 70% and 60% for collector-III, and between 26% and 64% for collector-IV. The values of second law efficiency varied from 0.27 to 0.64 for all collectors? The highest collector efficiency and air temperature rise were achieved by the finned collector with angle of 75°, whereas the lowest values were obtained for the base collector. The effectiveness order of the collectors was determined as the finned collector with angle of 75°, the finned collector with angle of 70°, the collector with tubes, and the base collector.     

太阳能空气集热建筑模块的运行控制策略

该研究利用可调控的风机和风门,对两种类型集热模块的热输送过程进行了优化实验研究,系统探讨了在供热模式下空气循环方式、模块类型以及质量流率等因素对模块内部空气升温速度、供热量及集热效率等的影响,并提出集热模块运行控制的基本策略。同时通过对模块的简化计算模型进行理论分析,提出了集热模块的运行控制参数方程,为实现模块运行的优化控制提供理论依据。     

Performance of Cylindrical Parabolic Collector with Automated Tracking System

Parabolic solar collector collects the radiant energy emitted from the sun and focuses it at a point. Parabolic trough collectors are the low cost implementation of concentrated solar power technology that focuses incident sun light on to a tube filled with a heat transfer fluid. However, the basic problem with the cylindrical parabolic collector without tracking was the solar collector does not move with the orientation of sun. Development of automatic tracking system for cylindrical parabolic collectors will increase solar collection as well as efficiency of devices. The main aim of this paper is to design, fabricate and analyze the performance of parabolic collector with automated tracking system. The automated tracking mechanism is used to receive the maximum possible energy of solar radiation as it tracks the path of sun. The performance of the parabolic trough collector is experimentally investigated with the water circulated as heat transfer fluid. The collector efficiency will be noted.     

Optimal tilt-angles of all-glass evacuated tube solar collectors

In this paper, a detailed mathematical procedure is developed to estimate daily collectible radiation on single tube of all-glass evacuated tube solar collectors based on solar geometry, knowledge of two-dimensional radiation transfer. Results shows that the annual collectible radiation on a tube is affected by many factors such as collector type, central distance between tubes, size of solar tubes, tilt and azimuth angles, use of diffuse flat reflector (DFR, in short); For collectors with identical parameters, T-type collectors (collectors with solar tubes tilt-arranged) annually collect slightly more radiation than H-type collectors (those with solar tubes horizontally arranged) do. The use of DFR can significantly improve the energy collection of collectors. Unlike the flat-plate collectors, all-glass evacuated tube solar collectors should be generally mounted with a tilt-angle less than the site latitude in order to maximize the annual energy collection. For most areas with the site latitude larger than 30° in China, T-type collectors should be installed with a tilt-angle about 10° less than the site latitude, whereas for H-type collectors without DFR, the reasonable tilt-angle should be about 20° less than the site latitude. Effects of some parameters on the annual collectible radiation on the collectors are also presented.     

屋顶集热式太阳房供暖系统研究

研制了一种屋顶集热式太阳房供暖系统,对该系统进行了结构设计优化和试验测试,结果表明,在冬季晴朗的白天,对于保温较差的试验平房（热负荷约为120W／m^2）,利用1／2的屋顶面积集热,室内温度最高达到20℃,平均温度约18℃,比对照房温度高约6℃;对于保温较好的建筑物（采暖期热负荷约为20W／m^2）,太阳能供暖系统在冬季白天可有效地为房间供热,多余的热量利用储热装置储存以满足夜间供暖的需要,从而实现冬季24小时为建筑物供热的目标。     

An evaluation on thermal performance of CPC solar collector

The main objective of this work is the investigation and improvement of thermal performance of evacuated CPC (Compound Parabolic Concentrator) solar collector with a cylindrical absorber. Modified types of this solar collector are always combined with the evacuated glass envelop or tracking system. The conventional stationary CPC solar collector has been compared with the single axis tracking CPC solar collector in outlet temperature, net heat flux onto the absorber and thermal efficiency. Numerical model has been analyzed based on the irradiation determined actually and the results have been calculated to predict the thermal efficiency. Based on the comparison of the measured and calculated results, it is concluded that the numerical model can accurately estimate the performance of solar collectors. The result shows the thermal efficiency of the tracking CPC solar collector is more stable and about 14.9% higher than that of the stationary CPC solar collector.     

Estimation of incident radiation on a novel spherical solar collector

Most solar collectors commonly used are of the flat-plate type. In the present work, a novel type of solar collector, namely, spherical collector, is proposed. It consists of a stationary spherical body with a cover and an absorbing surface. The receiving hemisphere, normal to the incident beam radiation, keeps on shifting with the apparent position of the sun. The main advantage of this type of collector is its ability to effectively track the sun, without any actual mechanical movement. Both daily and hourly variations of incident radiation on such a spherical solar collector are calculated on the basis of available data. The results are compared with that on an equivalent flat-plate collector for different angles of tilt and latitude. From the results, the spherical collectors are found to be more effective in receiving solar radiation over equivalent flat-plate counterparts throughout the year.