A Study on Thermal Performance of a Novel All-Glass Evacuated Tube Solar Collector Manifold Header with an Inserted Tube

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left"> </td><td align="center">Novel solar water heater</td><td align="center">Normal solar water heater</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Heat storage in water tank (kJ)</td><td align="center">57396.42</td><td align="center">52800.92</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Solar irradiance on solar collector (kJ)</td><td align="center">95678.66</td><td align="center">95678.66</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Efficiency of solar collector (%)</td><td align="center">59.99</td><td align="center">55.19</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Comparison of the two solar water heater’s heat performance.

International Journal of Photoenergy

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Table 1: A Study on Thermal Performance of a Novel All-Glass Evacuated Tube Solar Collector Manifold Header with an Inserted Tube 