以太阳模拟器为光源的集热器室内稳态性能对比

以大面积太阳模拟器考察了平板式太阳能集热器、热管真空管式太阳能集热器、全玻璃真空管式太阳能集热器室内稳态下的性能。经测定,全玻璃真空管式太阳能集热器的时间常数为1235 s,其压力曲线随流速变化平缓。在辐照强度为900 W/m2、进口温度低于57℃时,平板太阳能集热器的效率高于热管真空管式和全玻璃真空管式太阳能集热器;进口温度高于57℃时,式真空管式太阳能集热器的效率高于平板式太阳能集热器;进口温度高于64℃时,全玻璃真空管式太阳能集热器的效率高于平板式太阳能集热器。在工作温度范围内,全玻璃真空管式太阳能集热器的效率低于热管真空管式太阳能集热器。设计、流动和换热特征影响了集热器的性能。     

相变储能型太阳能多功能系统性能研究

针对真空管式太阳能系统易受环境影响,功能单一的问题,建立一种相变储能型太阳能多功能系统模型,对相变储能集热器进行性能实测,采用TRNSYS软件对多功能系统模拟,分析相变材料和集热器流量对系统性能的影响。得出结论,储热水箱出口温度维持在100℃左右时,能满足供热、供热水需求及制冷系统稳定运行。流体流量2 g/s且填充相变材料进行保温时,集热器达到最佳热效率,系统运行性能最优。相变储能集热器温度缓慢降低,蓄热性能更好,使用时间更长,并且获得较高的集热效率,瞬时效率截距值为0.71。     

太阳能吸收式制冷系统动态特性分析

以上海地区某太阳能集热器驱动的单效溴化锂吸收式制冷系统为对象,对各主要部件负荷在典型日随时间变化的动态特性进行研究。结果表明:随着制冷能力的增加,发生器、冷凝器、吸收器及集热器面积需求量均增加;当制冷能力一定时,发生器与吸收器的负荷呈现先增加后减小的趋势,而集热器面积需求量的变化则与之相反。经济性分析可知结果表明,集热器费用为910、1040和1170$/m^2时,系统投资回收期分别为8.2、9.5及10.8 a,具有良好的社会效益和经济效益。     

太阳能集热器种类介绍

目前在太阳能热水工程中通常采用的太阳能集热器主要有平板型太阳能集热器、全玻璃真空管集热器、U型管式真空管集热器、热管式真空管集热器和直流式真空管集热器五种。对于全年使用的比较大型的太阳能中央热水系统．要求太阳能集热器应具有一定的承压力．比较高集热效率，比较小的管道阻力，抗冻能力强，易于维护。     

两种太阳能集热器的瞬时效率对比分析

对强制循环全玻璃真空管太阳能热水系统和强制循环热管式真空管太阳能热水系统的瞬时效率进行了对比分析,发现全玻璃真空管热水系统的效率曲线的斜率大于热管式真空管热水系统,这说明两种热水系统在运行温度相同时,热管式真空管的热损失较小,瞬时效率较高,有较好的高温特性和保温特性,并且热管式真空管太阳集热器的集热效率波动较小,能稳定在较高的水平。     

两种全玻璃真空管型太阳集热器集热系统动态特性比较

利用实验研究全玻璃真空管型集热器热模型的结果表明,全玻璃真空管内的容水热容对太阳能热水系统动态特性的影响不容忽略,应在模拟采用的方程中包含热容项。冬季采暖工况下比较全玻璃管及U型管式全玻璃真空管型集热器组成的太阳能热水系统的热性能:集热器的出水温度、水泵的运行、有效集热量等,结果显示,在不考虑热容影响情况下,全玻璃管集热器系统的集热量、热效率稍大于U型管式系统。但考虑实际存在的管内容水热容的影响后,U型管式全玻璃真空管型集热器系统却明显大于全玻璃管真空管型集热器系统。通过不同气候条件下的4个典型地区的模拟结果显示,2种集热器集热系统,U型管式全玻璃真空管型集热系统有相对较高的集热效率。对于容水量差距较大的集热器,完全依靠集热器截距效率、热损失系数难以完全评判太阳能集热系统的有效集热能力。     

直通式太阳能真空管集热器热性能分析

通过对直通式太阳能真空管传热模型的分析,在导出单根带翅片与不带翅片的直通式太阳能真空管的总热损失系数、效率因子、热迁移因子和瞬时效率的基础上,建立了直通式太阳能真空管的性能预测模型;针对由多根并联、顺流布置的直通式太阳能真空管组成的平行流集热器,对比计算了带翅片与不带翅片两种真空管及由其组成的集热器的瞬时效率。结果表明,在工质流量,进口温度,环境温度等条件相同的情况下带翅片的直通式太阳能真空管以及由其构成的集热器的瞬时效率分别比不带翅片的太阳能真空管及集热器提高很多;并联直通式太阳能真空管间的流量分配不均匀性致使集热器的整体效率低于单根真空管的瞬时效率。     

采用抛物面槽聚焦集热器的太阳能双效吸收式制冷系统的性能研究

建立了采用抛物面槽聚焦集热器(PTC)的太阳能双效LiBr/H_2O吸收式制冷系统的理论模型,对其性能进行了数值模拟,研究了运行温度对系统总效率的影响,计算结果显示:PTC在高温工作条件下具有非常高的集热效率;运行温度为173.5℃时,系统总效率最高,达到0.8250;与采用复合抛物面聚焦集热器(CPC)和高效真空管集热器(ETC)相比,采用PTC的太阳能双效吸收式制冷系统具有最佳的系统性能;相同条件下,选用PTC时集热面积最小,但由于PTC的价格很高,导致系统成本很高。     

不同太阳能热水系统的全生命周期环境影响和能源效益分析

该文从环境影响和能源效益两个方面建立太阳能热水系统全生命周期的评价指标和量化方法,分别对家用全玻璃真空管太阳能热水系统、家用平板型太阳能热水系统和集中式全玻璃真空管太阳能热水系统进行生命周期评价。研究结果表明对于1 m~2轮廓采光面积,集中式全玻璃真空管太阳能热水系统造成的环境影响最小,节能潜力最大,在我国不同太阳辐照资源带使用的能源回收时间为0.9~1.8 a;其次是家用全玻璃真空管太阳能热水系统,能源回收时间为1.4~2.8 a;家用平板型太阳能热水系统的环境影响负荷和总能耗值最大,能源回收时间为2.0~3.9 a。     

热管真空管集热器及太阳能热水系统

热管真空管集热器是继闷晒式、平板式、全玻璃真空管集热器后的第四代太阳能集热产品．在太阳能领域得到了广泛的应用。分析了热管真空管的原理、结构及传热特性;以国外产品为例,论述了热管真空管集热器的特点及工作性能;对直流式热管真空管热水系统和典型的间接式供热供暖及泳池热水系统进行了分析。     

Utilizing the multi-objective particle swarm optimization for designing a renewable multiple energy system on the basis of the parabolic trough solar collector

Today, to preserve fossil resources, mankind has to search for new ways to respond to its ever-increasing energy needs. In this study, a hybrid system of energy and the use of a parabolic trough solar collector to attract solar radiation was investigated to produce clean electricity, cooling, and hydrogen from thermodynamic and economic aspects. The designed system consisted of a parabolic trough solar collector, organic Rankine cycle, lithium-bromide absorption refrigeration cycle, and proton exchange membrane electrolysis system. The evaporator input temperature, turbine inlet temperature, solar radiation intensity, mass flow rate of collector and parabolic trough collector surface area were set as decision variables and the effect of these parameters on system performance and system exergy loss were investigated. The objective functions of this research were exergy efficiency and cost rate. In order to optimize this system, multi-objective particle swarm optimization algorithm was employed. Optimization results with particle swarm optimization indicated that the best rate of exergy efficiency is 3.12% and the system cost rate is 16.367 US$ per hour, at the same time. The system is capable of producing 15.385 kW power, 0.189 kg/day hydrogen and 56.145 kW cooling in its optimum condition. The results of sensitivity analysis showed that increasing mass flow rate at the collector, temperature at the evaporator inlet, and temperature at the turbine inlet have positive effect on the performance of the proposed system.     

Energy and exergy analysis of novel solar bi‐ejector refrigeration system with injector

Energy and exergy balances were done on a novel solar bi‐ejector refrigeration system with R123, whose circulation pump is replaced by an injector. The analysis result of the novel system was compared with that of the original one. The effect of operation condition on system energy efficiency, exergy efficiency and exergy loss was analyzed, and the dynamic performance of a designed solar bi‐ejector refrigeration system was also studied. The comparative results indicate that under the same operating condition, the novel system and the original system have equal energy efficiency, exergy efficiency and exergy loss, and the only difference between them is the exergy losses of the generators and the added injector. The other conclusions mainly include: the solar collector has the largest exergy loss rate of over 90% and for the bi‐ejector refrigeration subcycle, the ejector has the largest exergy loss rate of about 5%; the total exergy loss changes inversely proportional to the evaporation temperature and positively proportional to the condensation temperature; when the other parameters are fixed, there exists an optimum generation temperature, at which the overall energy and exergy efficiencies are both the maximum and the total exergy loss is the minimum. The study points out the direction for optimizing the novel solar bi‐ejector refrigeration system. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Solar powered cogeneration system for air conditioning and refrigeration

By employing the energetic optimization technique, the optimal performance of a focusing collector-driven, an irreversible Carnot cogeneration system for air conditioning and refrigeration is investigated. A minimum value for the total solar insolation needed to overcome internal irreversibilities for start-up of the system is defined and the effect of the collector design parameters on this value is investigated.     

Design,modeling and optimization of a renewable-based system for power generation and hydrogen production

Due to the environmental concerns caused by fossil fuels, renewable energy systems came into consideration. In this study, a renewable hybrid system based on ocean thermal, solar and wind energy sources were designed for power generation and hydrogen production. To analyze the system, a techno-economic model was exerted in order to calculate the exergy efficiency as well as the cost rate and the hydrogen production. The main parameters that affect the system performance were identified, and the impact of each parameter on the main outputs of the system was analyzed as well. The thermo-economic analysis showed that the most effective parameters on the exergy efficiency and total cost rate are the wind speed and solar collector area, respectively. To reach the optimum performance of the system, multi-objective optimization, by using genetic algorithm, was applied. The optimization was divided into two separate case studies; in case A, the cost rate and the exergy efficiency were considered as two objective functions; and in case B, the cost rate and the hydrogen production were assigned as two other objective functions. The optimization results of the case A showed that for the total cost rate of 30.5 $/h, the exergy efficiency could achieve 35.57%. While, the optimization of the case B showed that for the total cost rate of 28.06 $/h, the hydrogen production rate could reach 5.104 kg/h. Furthermore, after optimizing, an improvement in exergy efficiency was obtained, approximately 19%.     

Solar Powered Cascading Cogeneration Cycle with ORC and Adsorption Technology for Electricity and Refrigeration

As a renewable source, solar energy has received more and more attention in recent years. Solar energy can readily provide heat efficiently within the temperature range of 70–100°C. For the utilization of this energy source, a cascading cycle was designed and was discussed. An organic Rankine cycle (ORC) and an adsorption refrigeration cycle were combined to provide the first- and second-stage energy conversion cycle, respectively. In the analysis, R600 was used as the working fluid for the ORC and a silica gel–water working pair was analyzed for the adsorption refrigeration cycle. The energy efficiency for electrical generation and refrigeration, as well as the exergy efficiency of the cascading cycle, was assessed. For an environmental temperature of 30°C and a refrigeration temperature of 12°C, the results showed that typically 1 kW of electricity and 6.3 kW of refrigeration could be generated from approximately 15 kW heating power. The electricity generation efficiency was between 0.1 and 0.15, while the refrigeration coefficient of performance was approximately 0.8. The exergy efficiency was found to be between 0.84 and 0.89 and between 0.32 and 0.46 for the single ORC and adsorption refrigeration cycle, respectively. The overall exergy efficiency was between 0.56 and 0.74.     

Optimum exergy efficiency of solar collectors

An optimum exergy efficiency is derived for flat-plate solar collectors as a ratio of exergy delivery of the collector to the maximum output exergy obtainable. It is a function of the optimum mass flow rate through the collector, which itself is obtained through an optimization of the exergy delivery of the collector.     

Investigating the performance of a water-based photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) collector in laminar and turbulent flow regime

The objective of this work is to simulate a water-based flat plate photovoltaic/thermal system with glass cover and without it in laminar and turbulent regime and investigating the effects of solar irradiation, packing factor, Reynolds number, collector length, pipes diameter and number of pipes on the performance of this system. The accuracy of the model has been validated with the available data in the literature, where good agreements between the results have been achieved. The results showed that the energy efficiency in the glazed photovoltaic/thermal system is higher than unglazed one, while its exergy efficiency depends on the packing factor, Reynolds number and collector length. The results also indicated that increasing of solar radiation and packing factor increases total energy and exergy efficiency in both laminar and turbulent regime. Besides, it was found that there are the optimum values for mass flow rate and number of pipes that maximize exergy efficiency. The value of the optimum mass flow rate is larger in the case of unglazed system compared to that of glazed one. Furthermore, in most cases, the total energy efficiency in turbulent regime is higher, whereas the total exergy efficiency in laminar regime is superior.     

太阳能喷射式制冷功冷联供系统

以太阳能为驱动热源,基于喷射式制冷和ORC,构建一种太阳能喷射式制冷功冷联供系统,该系统分为太阳能集热子系统和功冷联供子系统两部分。以R161为功冷联供子系统循环工质,通过Matlab建立该系统热力学模型,对其性能进行模拟,在设计工况下该系统制冷量为2.893 kW,净输出功为1.594 kW,功冷联供子系统制冷效率为12.47%,发电效率为6.87%,效率为41.45%。通过分析可知,该系统损占比较大的部件依次为太阳能集热器（73.3%）、发生器（12.14%）、蒸发器（5.03%）和透平（4.81%）。考虑到实际过程,分别研究系统内部参数改变和外部环境参数改变,对系统的影响,发现高低压发生器的温升由利于系统性能的提升,同时环境温度的升高以及太阳辐照度的提升均可改善集热器效率,从而提升系统性能。     

Exergetic optimization of flat plate solar collectors

In this paper, an exergetic optimization of flat plate solar collectors is developed to determine the optimal performance and design parameters of these solar to thermal energy conversion systems. A detailed energy and exergy analysis is carried out for evaluating the thermal and optical performance, exergy flows and losses as well as exergetic efficiency for a typical flat plate solar collector under given operating conditions. In this analysis, the following geometric and operating parameters are considered as variables: the absorber plate area, dimensions of solar collector, pipes' diameter, mass flow rate, fluid inlet, outlet temperature, the overall loss coefficient, etc. A simulation program is developed for the thermal and exergetic calculations. The results of this computational program are in good agreement with the experimental measurements noted in the previous literature. Finally, the exergetic optimization has been carried out under given design and operating conditions and the optimum values of the mass flow rate, the absorber plate area and the maximum exergy efficiency have been found. Thus, more accurate results and beneficial applications of the exergy method in the design of solar collectors have been obtained.     

Exergy analysis,parametric analysis and optimization for a novel combined power and ejector refrigeration cycle

A new combined power and refrigeration cycle is proposed, which combines the Rankine cycle and the ejector refrigeration cycle. This combined cycle produces both power output and refrigeration output simultaneously. It can be driven by the flue gas of gas turbine or engine, solar energy, geothermal energy and industrial waste heats. An exergy analysis is performed to guide the thermodynamic improvement for this cycle. And a parametric analysis is conducted to evaluate the effects of the key thermodynamic parameters on the performance of the combined cycle. In addition, a parameter optimization is achieved by means of genetic algorithm to reach the maximum exergy efficiency. The results show that the biggest exergy loss due to the irreversibility occurs in heat addition processes, and the ejector causes the next largest exergy loss. It is also shown that the turbine inlet pressure, the turbine back pressure, the condenser temperature and the evaporator temperature have significant effects on the turbine power output, refrigeration output and exergy efficiency of the combined cycle. The optimized exergy efficiency is 27.10% under the given condition.