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Experimental investigation of energy storage for an evacuated solar collector

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  • Saffa Riffat
  • Liben Jiang
  • Jie Zhu
  • Guohui Gan

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This paper presents the results of an experimental study involving energy storage materials (paraffin wax and water) placed inside a new type of cylindrical evacuated solar collector system. The potential of this system to provide continuous hot water, even during short periods of low incident solar radiation, was investigated. Five cases, including a reference case, were studied experimentally and the performance of each was analysed. Of the materials studied, water was found to give best performance in terms of thermal storage and subsequent release of stored energy. Partial filling of the evacuated solar collector tubes with water gave greatest overall thermal efficiency for a cycle including two periods of no input energy under the test conditions employed. Copyright , Manchester University Press.

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  • Saffa Riffat & Liben Jiang & Jie Zhu & Guohui Gan, 2006. "Experimental investigation of energy storage for an evacuated solar collector," International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, Oxford University Press, vol. 1(2), pages 139-148, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ijlctc:v:1:y:2006:i:2:p:139-148
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    1. Sharif, M.K. Anuar & Al-Abidi, A.A. & Mat, S. & Sopian, K. & Ruslan, M.H. & Sulaiman, M.Y. & Rosli, M.A.M., 2015. "Review of the application of phase change material for heating and domestic hot water systems," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 42(C), pages 557-568.
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    3. Aramesh, M. & Shabani, B., 2020. "On the integration of phase change materials with evacuated tube solar thermal collectors," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 132(C).
    4. Chopra, K. & Tyagi, V.V. & Pandey, A.K. & Sari, Ahmet, 2018. "Global advancement on experimental and thermal analysis of evacuated tube collector with and without heat pipe systems and possible applications," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 228(C), pages 351-389.
    5. Xue, H. Sheng, 2016. "Experimental investigation of a domestic solar water heater with solar collector coupled phase-change energy storage," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 86(C), pages 257-261.
    6. Feliński, P. & Sekret, R., 2016. "Experimental study of evacuated tube collector/storage system containing paraffin as a PCM," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 114(C), pages 1063-1072.

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