Choice of honeycomb cell size for best efficiency of a flat-plate solar collector
Abstract
Honeycomb size, geometry, and radiative properties are analyzed for their effects on the reduction of convective and radiative losses in solar collectors using honeycomb convection suppressors. It is found that the solar absorptance of the honeycomb is a dominant factor in overall collector performance at off-normal solar incidence angles.
- Publication:
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers and American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- Pub Date:
- August 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976ceht.conf.....G
- Keywords:
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- Energy Conversion Efficiency;
- Energy Dissipation;
- Flat Plates;
- Honeycomb Structures;
- Solar Collectors;
- Absorptance;
- Convective Heat Transfer;
- Design Analysis;
- Performance Prediction;
- Radiative Heat Transfer;
- Solar Energy Conversion;
- Energy Production and Conversion