Experimental study and first thermodynamic law analysis of a solar water heater system
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Vahid Madadi
,
Hamid Beheshti
Abstract
The performance of a pilot scale flat plate solar water heater system is
investigated theoretically and experimentally. The effect of the operating
conditions and characteristic factors of the collector on the system
efficiency is studied. A conceptual mathematical model is developed in
order to analyze the system behavior in different operating conditions by
considering the physical and constructive aspects of the system. The
accuracy of the model result is estimated by comparing the model results
with the existing experimental data. The highest obtained system thermal
efficiency is 45%, and the optimum local values for surface azimuth and
tilt angles are obtained at 180 degrees from north and 33 degrees,
respectively, for the constructed solar water heater in Isfahan, Iran, with
the local latitude of
The authors thank the reviewers for useful comments and suggestions.
© 2015 by De Gruyter
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