Performance Optimisation of Polymeric Collectors by Means of Dynamic Simulation and Sensitivity Analysis
- A dynamic flat-plate collector model for parametric sensitivity studies on polymer-based collector designs was developed. Validation using experimental results of conventional flat-plate collectors showed satisfying results especially regarding the calculation of individual part temperatures of a collector. The model was used to predict system efficiency as well as individual part temperatures in order to analyse a polymeric collector approach in comparison to a conventional collector. The simulation results showed that the fractional energy savings of systems with conventional flat-plate collectors cannot be reached with the analysed polymeric collector approach. Also the stagnation temperatures of more efficient approaches are too high for low-cost polymeric materials. The exemplary analysis of annual temperature loads of the backside insulation for different approaches proved the necessity of careful collector design aiming at temperature reduction for all individual collector parts.
Author: | Christoph Reiter, Sebastian Brandmayr, Christoph TrinklORCiD, Wilfried Zörner, Victor Ian Hanby |
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Language: | English |
Document Type: | Article |
Conference: | SHC 2013: International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry, Freiburg (Germany), 23.-25.09.2013 |
Year of first Publication: | 2014 |
published in (English): | Energy Procedia |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Place of publication: | Amsterdam |
ISSN: | 1876-6102 |
Volume: | 2014 |
Issue: | 48 |
First Page: | 181 |
Last Page: | 191 |
Review: | editorial review |
Open Access: | ja |
Tag: | collector efficiency; flat-plate collector; mathematical model; polymeric materials; simulation; stagnation temperature |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-23625 |
Related Identifier: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.02.023 |
Faculties / Institutes / Organizations: | Fakultät Maschinenbau |
Institut für neue Energie-Systeme (InES) | |
Licence (German): | ![]() |
Note: | Part of special issue: "Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry (SHC 2013)" |
Release Date: | 2022/05/10 |