Filkoski, Risto and Cekerovska, Marija (2014) Experimental and numerical study of a flat-plate solar energy collector performance. In: Proceedings of 7th Int. Conf. on Sustainable Energy & Environmental Protection SEEP, 23-25 Nov 2014, Dubai, UAE.
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Abstract
The objective of the present work is to conduct a comparative analysis of fixed and moving flat-plate solar collectors’ performance. An experimental set-up installed on a location in Shtip (Republic of Macedonia), latitude 41o 45’ and longitude 22o 12’, consists of two flat plate solar collectors, the first one with a fixed surface tilted at 30о towards the South, and the other one equipped with dual-axis rotation system. An experimental programme is performed to investigate the effect of the sun tracking system implementation on the collector efficiency. The study also includes development of a 3-D mathematical model of the collectors system and extensive numerical simulation, based on the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach. The efficiency of the implemented system was confirmed by experimental verification, showing significant energy efficiency increase, compared to the immobile collector unit. The comparative analysis shows that there is a good agreement between the experimental and numerically predicted results for different running conditions, and the presented modelling approach can be used for further investigations, including more complex problems.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | Engineering and Technology > Environmental engineering Engineering and Technology > Mechanical engineering |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Mechanical Engineering |
| Depositing User: | Marija Cekerovska |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Aug 2017 10:29 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Aug 2017 10:29 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/18144 |
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