An Experimental Study on Solar Flat Plate Collector Using an Alternative Working Fluid

• Main Authors: Manickavasagan, A., Sampathrajan, A., Manigandan, P. R., Manivannan, S., Eljeeva Emerald, F. Magdaline, Malarkodi, R., Mangalam, S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2005
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3853/1/Pages_from_JST_VOL._13_NO._2-2.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3853/

This paper describes the performance of a solar water heater with an alternative working fluid. A solar flat plate collector of fIxed orientation was fabricated and connected to a heat exchanger, which was kept inside the water storage drum. The developed collector was a low temperature device op...