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 language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 440-445 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME |
Volume | 105 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1983 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology