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The present work is on thermal performance investigation of solar flat plate collectors coupled with multi-fluid heat exchanger and a sensible heat energy storage system. Analytical approach is used hereĀ for heat transfer modelling and analysis. The combined system is proposed to be used for simultaneous air heating and water heating applications. Sensible thermal energy system (packed bed type) is considered here. Heated air from multi-fluid heat exchanger is used for space heating purposes and working fluid for capturing heat in the proposed heat storage system. The solar and weather data in Indian climatic situations are employed for the simulation process. The studied system may improve existing solar heating appliancesā efficiency. Proposed system may work efficiently in cold regions of India if the space heater and hot water are needed simultaneously.
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Abbreviations
- FPSC:
-
Flat plate solar collector
- STSS:
-
Sensible thermal storage system
- NTU:
-
Normal transfer unit
- \(C_{p\min }\), \(C_{p\max }\):
-
Heat capacity rates
- Ī· optical :
-
Optical efficiency
- F R :
-
Heat removal factor
- U L :
-
Overall heat transfer coefficient
- T a :
-
Ambient temperature
- G :
-
Mass flux
- d :
-
Equivalent spherical diameter
- Ī¼ f :
-
Dynamics viscosity
- A c :
-
Collector area
- A p :
-
Aperture area
- Ļ :
-
Hour angle
- I T :
-
Total radiation on horizontal surface
- Q u :
-
Useful heat absorbed
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Panda, R.C., Sahoo, S.S., Barik, A.K., Sahu, D., Mohapatra, T., Rout, A. (2023). Performance of Solar Collector Coupled with Three Fluid Heat Exchanger and Heat Storage System for Simultaneous Water and Space Heating. In: Revankar, S., Muduli, K., Sahu, D. (eds) Recent Advances in Thermofluids and Manufacturing Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4388-1_30
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