Testing and analysis of a heat-pipe solar collector

J. Ribot, R. D. McDonnell

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Abstract

We developed an integral heat-pipe/evacuated-tube solar collector in which the inner receiver tubes form the evaporator sections of glass heat pipes. This paper describes both theoretical analyses and empirical tests, comparing the performance of the glass heat-pipe solar collector with one of today’s high efficiency evacuatedtube solar collectors. The comparison demonstrates that the performance of the two collectors is effectively identical. The testing and analysis indicate that the glasswick- type glass heat pipe is an effective heat transfer system for evacuated-tube solar collectors.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)440-445
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME
Volume105
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1983

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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