Performance Analysis and Enhancement of Solar Flat Plate Collector: A Review

Yashwant Kumar Singh; Sumit Kumar

doi:https://doi.org/10.51976/ijari.721918

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Performance Analysis and Enhancement of Solar Flat Plate Collector: A Review

Yashwant Kumar Singh, Sumit Kumar

Vol 7 , Issue 2 , April - June 2019 | Pages: 108-124 | Research Paper

https://doi.org/10.51976/ijari.721918

Received: December 10, 2019 | Revised: February 20, 2019 | Accepted: February 28, 2019 | Published Online: March 25, 2019

Author Details ( * ) denotes Corresponding author

1. * Yashwant Kumar Singh, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India (yash77111@rediffmail.com)

2. Sumit Kumar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India

Solar ﬂat plate collectors are devices used to entraped solar thermal energy and use it for heating applications like water heating, room heating and other industrial applications. Flat plate collectors are popular for low and medium heating applications and there are undergoing constant development in terms of size reduction and enhanced efﬁciency. This paper presents an overview on the different techniques that are employed to enhance the efﬁciency of ﬂat late collectors. Effect of using nanoﬂuids as heat transfer ﬂuid, effect of altering absorber plate design for better capture of radiation, methods of heat loss reduction, use of polymer, employing mini channels for ﬂuid ﬂow, using PCM (phase changing materials) to provide heat during night without tank and effect of use of enhancement devices like inserts and reﬂector have been discussed in this paper. A brief insight on various techniques used to analyse the effects and various designs has also been presented with the development methodology. Some analytical studies and CFD models have also been mentioned. This review paper also deals with the suggestions for the research work which can be carried out in the direction of heat transfer from solar ﬂat plate collectors.

Keywords

Flat Plate Collectors; Efficiency; Heat Transfer; Numerical Analysis; Nano Fluids.

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