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Experimental study of the performance for a novel kind of MHPA-FPC solar water heater

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  • Deng, Yuechao
  • Wang, Wei
  • Zhao, Yaohua
  • Yao, Liang
  • Wang, Xinyue

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This paper presented the whole year performance of a novel kind of microheat pipe array (MHPA) flat plate solar water heater. The structure and characters of the novel MHPA-FPC were presented. To quantify the performance of the novel MHPA-FPC SWH, a whole year thermal performance experiment was conducted in Beijing, China. The experimental system was built in a household scale with a 165l water tank and a 2m2 MHPA-FPC. The effective heat gain and the thermal efficiency were used to evaluate the performance of the MHPA-FPC SWH. The test data were analyzed from the aspects of daily, monthly and seasonal performance. The test results present an excellent characteristics for the novel MHPA-FPC SWH in the whole year. The annual average daily effective heat gain was found to be 9.5MJm−2, and the annual average system efficiency was 58.29%.

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  • Deng, Yuechao & Wang, Wei & Zhao, Yaohua & Yao, Liang & Wang, Xinyue, 2013. "Experimental study of the performance for a novel kind of MHPA-FPC solar water heater," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 112(C), pages 719-726.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:112:y:2013:i:c:p:719-726
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.06.019
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