Optimizing the efficiency of solar flat plate collector with trapezoidal reflector
- Title
- Optimizing the efficiency of solar flat plate collector with trapezoidal reflector
- Creator
- Rajashekaraiah T.; Mura M.J.; Sharasthantra R.; Sharma G.S.
- Description
- Solar flat plate collectors are the most vital parts of a solar heating system. The collector plate absorbs the energy from the sun and transforms this radiation into heat and then transmit this heat into a fluid, it can either water or air. This research paper proposes a new technology to enhance the performance of the solar flat plate collector. A trapezoidal solar reflector is connected with the flat plate collector to enhance the amount of sunlight which hits the collector plate surface. The trapezoidal reflector concentrates both the direct and diffused radiation of the sun towards the flat plate collector. To maximize the concentration of incident radiation the trapezoidal reflector was permitted to change its inclination with the direction of sunlight. A prototype of a solar water heating system with trapezoidal reflector was constructed and achieved the improvement of collector plate efficiency by around 12%-13%. Thus the current solar heating system has the best thermal performance compared to the existing systems. 2019 Author(s).
- Source
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol-2080
- Date
- 2019-01-01
- Publisher
- American Institute of Physics Inc.
- Subject
- Flat plate collector; Renewable energy; Solar energy; Solar water heating system; Trapezoidal reflector
- Coverage
- Rajashekaraiah T., Faculty of Engineering, Christ (Deemed to Be University), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Mura M.J., Faculty of Engineering, Christ (Deemed to Be University), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Sharasthantra R., Faculty of Engineering, Christ (Deemed to Be University), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Sharma G.S., Faculty of Engineering, Christ (Deemed to Be University), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Rights
- Restricted Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 0094243X; ISBN: 978-073541810-3
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Conference paper
Collection
Citation
Rajashekaraiah T.; Mura M.J.; Sharasthantra R.; Sharma G.S., “Optimizing the efficiency of solar flat plate collector with trapezoidal reflector,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 24, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/20799.