Heat Transfer Analysis of the Flat Plate Solar Thermal Collectors with Elliptical and Circular Serpentine Tubes

• Main Authors: Shirin Rostami, Ag Sufiyan Abd Hamid, Kamaruzzaman Sopian, Hasila Jarimi, Anwor Bassim, Adnan Ibrahim
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland 2022
• Subjects: Q1-390 Science (General); TJ163.26-163.5 Energy conservation
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33237/1/Heat%20Transfer%20Analysis%20of%20the%20Flat%20Plate%20Solar%20Thermal%20Collectors%20with%20Elliptical%20and%20Circular%20Serpentine%20Tubes.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33237/2/Heat%20Transfer%20Analysis%20of%20the%20Flat%20Plate%20Solar%20Thermal%20Collectors%20with%20Elliptical%20and%20Circular%20Serpentine%20Tubes1.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33237/; https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/9/4519; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12094519

In this study, the heat transfer characteristics of the flat plate collectors with circular and elliptical serpentine tubes are theoretically analyzed and compared in terms of . m, Re, Nu, hf i, FR, Qu, and µTh under various water flow rates and the standard test conditions. The results reveal that...