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Investigation of Effect of Using Evacuated Tube Solar Collector on Solar Pond Performance

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Progress in Clean Energy, Volume 2

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The present study deals with the performance investigation of a solar pond integrated with an evacuated tube solar collector system. The experimental cylindrical solar pond system (with a radius of 0.80 m and a depth of 1.65 m) with an evacuated tube solar collector was built in Cukurova University in Adana, Turkey. The solar pond was filled with salty water of various densities to form three salty water zones (e.g. upper convective zone, non-convective zone and heat storage zone). Heat energy was collected by solar pond and evacuated tube solar collectors. The heat collected by collector was transferred to the heat storage zone of the solar pond with a heat exchanger system. Several temperature sensors connected to data acquisition system were placed vertically inside of the solar pond and inlet and outlet of the heat exchanger in the storage zone of the pond. The studies were performed using an evacuated tube solar collector integrated with the solar pond.

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Abbreviations

A :

Surface area (m2)

C :

Specific heat capacity (J/kg °C)

D :

Declination angle

Ι :

Total solar energy reaching to the pond (J)

F :

Absorbed energy fraction at a region of δ-thickness

G :

Solar constant

h :

Solar radiation ratio

HSZ:

Heat storage zone

k :

Thermal conductivity (J/m °C h)

k t :

Clearness index

ṁ :

Mass flow (kg/s)

n :

Number of the day

NCZ:

Non-convective zone

Q :

Heat (J)

R :

Reflectivity

S :

Salinity (g/kg)

T :

Temperature (°C)

UCZ:

Upper convective zone

δ :

Thickness where long-wave solar energy is absorbed (m)

β :

Incident beam entering rate into water

γ :

Latitude angle

α :

Tilt angle

w :

Hour angle

θ :

Incident angle

χ :

Beam radiation tilt factor

ρ :

Density (kg/m3)

Δx :

Thickness of horizontal layers (m)

bm:

Beam

bt:

Bottom

coll:

Collector

d:

Declination

dif:

Diffuse

exc:

Exchanger

g:

Ground

i:

Incident

in:

Inner

out:

Outer

r:

Reflection

s:

Salinity

sc:

Solar constant

sw:

Salty water

swall:

Side wall

st:

Heat stored

u:

Useful

up:

Just above the zone

z:

Zenith

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Acknowledgements

The authors are thankful to Cukurova University for the financial support provided for the present work (Grant No. FEF2012D20).

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  1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences and Letters, University of Cukurova, Adana, 01330, Turkey

    Ayhan Atiz & Mehmet Karakilcik

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Adiyaman, Adiyaman, 02040, Turkey

    Ismail Bozkurt

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), 2000 Simcoe Street, North Oshawa, ON, Canada, L1H 7K4

    Ibrahim Dincer

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  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey

    C. Ozgur Colpan

  3. Department of Energy Systems Engineering, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey

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Atiz, A., Bozkurt, I., Karakilcik, M., Dincer, I. (2015). Investigation of Effect of Using Evacuated Tube Solar Collector on Solar Pond Performance. In: Dincer, I., Colpan, C., Kizilkan, O., Ezan, M. (eds) Progress in Clean Energy, Volume 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17031-2_20

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