Research Article

Experimental Study on a Forced-Circulation Loop Thermosiphon Solar Water Heating System

Table 5

Solar collector performance compared with that in previous works.

System nameCollector type (kg/s)

Present workFlat plate/0.7296.320
Hussein [29]Flat plate0.02A0.7356.67
Aung and Li [30]Flat plate0.01250.4573.711
Aung and Li [30]Flat plate0.02920.6184.420
Aung and Li [30]Flat plate0.04580.5863.526
Aung and Li [30]Flat plate0.06250.5713.967