Numerical Study of Manifold Design for Heat Pipe Solar Collectors
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Authors
Ren, Feixiang
Hu, Junling
Zhang, Linfeng
Issue Date
2012
Type
Presentation
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Faculty research day
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Description
This project studies an active solar water heating system which uses glass evacuated tube solar collectors. The heat pipes inside the evacuated tubes transfer the absorbed solar energy to water in the manifold through the copper headers of heat pipes. A numerical model will be developed to simulate the heat transfer and fluid flow inside the manifold under different solar radiation flux levels and fluid flow rates. The simulation results provide understanding of the heat transfer and fluid flow patterns inside the manifold and will be used to help optimize the manifold design.
Citation
Poster 67