Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 137, 2019
XIV Research & Development in Power Engineering (RDPE 2019)
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Article Number | 01034 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/201913701034 | |
Published online | 16 December 2019 |
Modeling of influence of vibration on intensification of heat transfer within the absorber of the vacuum solar collector
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Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Power Engineering and Turbomachinery, 44-100 Gliwice, ul. Konarskiego 18 ; Poland
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Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Power Engineering and Turbomachinery, 44-100 Gliwice, ul. Konarskiego 18 ; Poland
3
Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Power Engineering and Turbomachinery, 44-100 Gliwice, ul. Konarskiego 18 ; Poland
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Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Power Engineering and Turbomachinery, 44-100 Gliwice, ul. Konarskiego 18 ; Poland
* krzysztof.grzywnowicz@polsl.pl
* lukasz.bartela@polsl.pl
* leszek.remiorz@polsl.pl
* bartosz.stanek@polsl.pl
Due to escalating role of mitigation of climate change in power and energy sector, power units based on renewable energy sources (RES) became vital part of global power and heat market, including distributed heat generation as well. Significant number of such installations belong to individual users, commonly using solar collectors to prepare domestic hot water directly at their sites. However, the vitally variable solar irradiance makes the solar energy difficult in efficient harvesting considering long time period. Thus, maximization of power gain from single solar absorber, when the solar radiation flux is temporarily high, might lead to further rise in overall, year-averaged efficiency of such units. The paper concerns modelling of intensification of heat transfer, taking place within the absorber of a vacuum solar collector, due to insertion of vibrating element inside the thermal oil canal, compared to static turbulization method. Different geometries of vibrating elements and amplitudes of oscillatory motion, as well as heat carriers, are investigated using commercially available CFD software. Results indicate rise in solar power acquired within the absorber using vibrating elements, with essential difference between circulating media, and suggest vital benefits from utilization of static turbulizing devices.
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