Experimental and Two-dimensional Numerical Simulation of an Unglazed Transpired Solar Air Collector

Badache, Messaoud, Rousse, Daniel R., Hallé, Stéphane, Quesada, Guillermo and Dutil, Yvan. 2012. « Experimental and Two-dimensional Numerical Simulation of an Unglazed Transpired Solar Air Collector ». [Conference paper]. Energy Procedia, vol. 30. pp. 19-28.
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Abstract

In this paper, the thermal efficiency of a solar air collector called unglazed transpired collector (UTC) has been investigated both experimentally and numerically (CFD). Experimental measurements included the following variables: the temperatures of the air entering and leaving the UTC for three air mass fluxes, three distinct irradiations and two plenums thicknesses. A commercial finite volume software (Fluent) was used to model the heat transfer through the UTC. Turbulent effects were modelled by the RNG k–ɛ turbulence model. It was found that a weak heat exchange process mainly took place at the plenum; the maximum efficiency differences expected between the two plenums widths (5 and 15 cm) was 2.85%.

Item Type:	Peer reviewed article published in a journal
Additional Information:	Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Solar Heating and Coolingfor Buildings and Industry (SCH 2012)
Professor:	Professor Rousse, Daniel R. Hallé, Stéphane
Affiliation:	Génie mécanique
Date Deposited:	04 Dec 2013 19:07
Last Modified:	31 Jul 2015 20:35
URI:	https://espace2.etsmtl.ca/id/eprint/6170

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