Research Article
Effect of Installation of Solar Collector on Performance of Balcony Split Type Solar Water Heaters
Table 2
Parameters of the solar water heaters.
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Items | Parameters | Solar water heater with flat-plate collector | Solar water heater with all-glass evacuated tubular collector |
| Aperture area of the collector (m2) | 1.325 | 1.317 | | 0.76 | | (kJ/hr·m2·K) | 15 | | Assemble angle of collector (degrees) | 0~90 | 0~90 | Distance between water inlet and water outlet of collector (m) | 0.86 | | Distance between water outlet of collector and tank bottom (m) | 0.14~1.34 | | Length of cycle pipeline (m) | 2~4.5 | 2~4.5 | Heat loss coefficient of cycle pipeline (kJ/hr·m2·K) | 0.1 | 0.1 | Tank volume (m3) | 0.12 | 0.12 | Total heat loss coefficient (kJ/hr·K) | 5.0 | |
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