Experimental investigation of evacuated heat pipe solar collector efficiency using phase-change fluid
Performance of a microencapsulated phase-change material (PCM) as a heat-transport medium in an evacuated heat pipe solar collector was evaluated and the results compared with those using water. Collector efficiency was experimentally determined according to the method based on European Standard EN...
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| author | Fang, Wenbo Riffat, Saffa Wu, Yupeng |
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| description | Performance of a microencapsulated phase-change material (PCM) as a heat-transport medium in an evacuated heat pipe solar collector was evaluated and the results compared with those using water. Collector efficiency was experimentally determined according to the method based on European Standard EN 12975–2:2006. This method proved unsuitable when using an encapsulated PCM suspension. A modified test method was proposed, which was appropriate for predicting solar collector efficiency when using a phase-change fluid. Average solar collection efficiency when using a PCM suspension was higher than that using water. |
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| spelling | nottingham-477482020-05-04T18:57:40Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47748/ Experimental investigation of evacuated heat pipe solar collector efficiency using phase-change fluid Fang, Wenbo Riffat, Saffa Wu, Yupeng Performance of a microencapsulated phase-change material (PCM) as a heat-transport medium in an evacuated heat pipe solar collector was evaluated and the results compared with those using water. Collector efficiency was experimentally determined according to the method based on European Standard EN 12975–2:2006. This method proved unsuitable when using an encapsulated PCM suspension. A modified test method was proposed, which was appropriate for predicting solar collector efficiency when using a phase-change fluid. Average solar collection efficiency when using a PCM suspension was higher than that using water. Oxford University Press 2017-07-31 Article PeerReviewed Fang, Wenbo, Riffat, Saffa and Wu, Yupeng (2017) Experimental investigation of evacuated heat pipe solar collector efficiency using phase-change fluid. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies . ISSN 1748-1325 test method EN 12975; phase-change material; encapsulation; solar collector efficiency https://academic.oup.com/ijlct/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/ijlct/ctx010 doi:10.1093/ijlct/ctx010 doi:10.1093/ijlct/ctx010 |
| spellingShingle | test method EN 12975; phase-change material; encapsulation; solar collector efficiency Fang, Wenbo Riffat, Saffa Wu, Yupeng Experimental investigation of evacuated heat pipe solar collector efficiency using phase-change fluid |
| title | Experimental investigation of evacuated heat pipe solar collector efficiency using phase-change fluid |
| title_full | Experimental investigation of evacuated heat pipe solar collector efficiency using phase-change fluid |
| title_fullStr | Experimental investigation of evacuated heat pipe solar collector efficiency using phase-change fluid |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experimental investigation of evacuated heat pipe solar collector efficiency using phase-change fluid |
| title_short | Experimental investigation of evacuated heat pipe solar collector efficiency using phase-change fluid |
| title_sort | experimental investigation of evacuated heat pipe solar collector efficiency using phase-change fluid |
| topic | test method EN 12975; phase-change material; encapsulation; solar collector efficiency |
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