Experimentally Investigating the Flat Plate Solar Water Heating System (FPSWHS) for South Indian Climate

Abstract The heat transfer performance of a flat plate solar water heating system was investigated experimentally in this paper (FPSWHS). The main objective of this investigation is to analyze the behaviour of FPSWHS with a 1.5 m 2 receiver surface area in South Indian weather conditions and to calc...

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Published inJournal of physics. Conference series Vol. 2272; no. 1; pp. 12010 - 12017
Main Authors Senthil, T.S., Porkodi, M, Ranjith Kumar, R., Vijay Muni, T, Karuna, M. S., Subbiah, Ram
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.07.2022
Subjects
domestic solar water heater
energy efficiency
Flat plates
FPC
hot water
Physics
Residential energy
Solar heating
SWH
Water heaters
Water heating
Weather
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Summary:Abstract The heat transfer performance of a flat plate solar water heating system was investigated experimentally in this paper (FPSWHS). The main objective of this investigation is to analyze the behaviour of FPSWHS with a 1.5 m 2 receiver surface area in South Indian weather conditions and to calculate the heat energy created by the receiver for residential usages, which lessens electricity usage and assists the nation in conserving energy acquired from carbon fuels. Water was employed as the working medium in this investigation. The trials have been conducted in the first week of March 2021 at 13.0827° North, 80.2707° East. The findings confirmed that the solar thermal system's estimated average efficacy remained 44.3%, and the system's maximum output temperature of water was 67°C.
ISSN:1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/2272/1/012010