Citation
Abstract
This work is the second of two reports describing the thermal analysis, computerized performance, simulation and performance sensitivity of the new General Electric vacuum tube solar collector. The collector is considered a potential candidate for future DSN solar heating and cooling applications. The first report presented details of the twodimensional thermal model of the solar collector at steady state. In this report, the second phase of the study is presented to include the computer simulation and the performance parameterization. Comparison of the simulated performance with the manufacturer’s test data showed good agreement at wide ranges of operating conditions. The effects of nine major design and performance variables on the performance sensitivity were presented. The results of this parameterization study were supportive in detecting the areas of design modifications for performance optimization.
Details
- Volume
- 42-50
- Published
- April 15, 1979
- Pages
- 161–180
- File Size
- 1.6 MB