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AuthorMohamed, Selmi
AuthorAl-Khawaja, Mohammed J.
AuthorMarafia, Abdulhamid
Available date2024-04-23T07:16:31Z
Publication Date2007-04-26
Publication NameRenewable Energy
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2007.02.003
CitationSelmi, M., Al-Khawaja, M. J., & Marafia, A. (2008). Validation of CFD simulation for flat plate solar energy collector. Renewable energy, 33(3), 383-387.
ISSN0960-1481
URIhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148107000912
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/54106
AbstractThe problem of flat plate solar energy collector with water flow is simulated and analyzed using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software. The considered case includes the CFD modeling of solar irradiation and the modes of mixed convection and radiation heat transfer between tube surface, glass cover, side walls, and insulating base of the collector as well as the mixed convective heat transfer in the circulating water inside the tube and conduction between the base and tube material. The collector performance, after obtaining 3-D temperature distribution over the volume of the body of the collector, was studied with and without circulating water flow. An experimental model was built and experiments were performed to validate the CFD model. The outlet temperature of water is compared with experimental results and there is a good agreement.
Languageen
PublisherElsevier
SubjectSolar energy
Solar radiation
Solar collector
CFD simulation
TitleValidation of CFD simulation for flat plate solar energy collector
TypeArticle
Pagination383-387
Issue Number3
Volume Number33
ESSN1879-0682
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