EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF BUILT-IN-STORAGE SOLAR WATER-HEATING SYSTEMS IN LABORATORY AND FIELD CONDITIONS

Authors
SODHA MS SHARMA AK SAWHNEY RL KUMAR A
Citation
Ms. Sodha et al., EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF BUILT-IN-STORAGE SOLAR WATER-HEATING SYSTEMS IN LABORATORY AND FIELD CONDITIONS, International journal of energy research, 21(3), 1997, pp. 275-287
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Energy & Fuels","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology
Journal title
International journal of energy research → ACNP
ISSN journal
0363907X
Volume
21
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
275 - 287
Database
ISI
SICI code
0363-907X(1997)21:3<275:EPOBSW>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Hourly thermal performance (both in laboratory and field conditions) o f three designs of built-in-storage solar water heating systems of 100 litres capacity each has been reported. A different storage tank desi gn is used in each of the three cases, Design I consists of three tank s connected in series; in Design II, a parallelepipedic tank is divide d into five zones with baffles; Design III is a simple parallelepipedi c tank. The first two designs help in inducing thermal stratification in the tank, It is seen from the results that the performance of Desig n II is the best of the three. (C) 1997 by John Wiley & Sons.