A three dimensional performance analysis of a developed evacuated tube collector using a CFD fluent solar load model

• Main Authors: Ali, B.H., Gilani, S.I., Al-Kayiem, H.H.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: EDP Sciences 2014
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84905014600&doi=10.1051%2fmatecconf%2f20141306011&partnerID=40&md5=ab02e29e4451c4160032ece4b87aa6ba; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/32241/

For the flow through type selected geometry of the designed evacuated tube collector ETC, a three dimensional simulation and analysis of the thermal performance was done, using the ray-tracing solar load model provided by the ANSYS-FLUENT software. In this model the solar radiation heat flux is solv...