Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.13044/j.sdewes.d7.0287
Experimental Performance Assessment of Vertically Installed SolarThermal Collectors
Ion Visa
; Renewable Energy Systems and Recycling Research Centre, Transilvania University of Brasov, 29 Eroilor Bd., 500036, Brasov, Romania
Macedon Moldovan
orcid.org/0000-0001-9584-7092
; Renewable Energy Systems and Recycling Research Centre, Transilvania University of Brasov, 29 Eroilor Bd., 500036, Brasov, Romania
Anca Duta
; Renewable Energy Systems and Recycling Research Centre, Transilvania University of Brasov, 29 Eroilor Bd., 500036, Brasov, Romania
Abstract
Space heating represents the largest share in the energy demand of the built environment, in temperate and cold climates. Therefore, the use of solar thermal systems to convert solar into thermal energy for space heating, along with domestic hot water production, represents a challenge in these climates where the number of sunshine hours is rather low during the cold seasons, when heating is needed. Novel solar thermal collectors with nonrectangular shape (trapeze) and different colours (red, blue, green) were developed in the Renewable Energy Systems and Recycling Research Centre in the Research and
Development Institute of the Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania, to increase the coverage factor, social and architectural acceptance when integrated in buildings facades. The results for an entire year (2017) are presented as monthly thermal energy produced by novel trapeze versus commercial rectangular flat plate solar thermal collectors installed on the vertical southern facade of an outdoor testing rig. The specific thermal energy produced by trapeze collectors is 28.7% lower than commercial collector over the entire year, but this drawback is compensated by higher coverage factor which can be obtained by using trapeze instead of rectangular solar thermal collectors.
Keywords
Solar thermal collector; Trapeze solar thermal collector; Solar thermal façade; Outdoor testing rig; Experimental efficiency.
Hrčak ID:
241179
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2020.
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