Research Article

Mitigating Climate Change by the Development and Deployment of Solar Water Heating Systems

Table 7

Design specification for the Solar Water Heating System.

ComponentSpecification

Collector area
 Length9 meters
 Collector tube/pipeCopper
 Diameter0.500 inches
0.013 meters
 Length9 meters
 Inclination of flat plate collector10°
 AbsorberCopper painted black (emissivity 0.875)
 Number of glass coverOne (4 mm thick)
Aluminium foil
 Length
 Breadth
0.840 meters
0.450 meters