| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 25, 2012
EFM11 – Experimental Fluid Mechanics 2011
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| Article Number | 01028 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Experimental Fluid Mechanics 2011 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20122501028 | |
| Published online | 16 April 2012 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20122501028
A solar air collector with integrated latent heat thermal storage
1
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technicka 2, 61669 Brno
charvat@fme.vutbr.cz
2
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Veveri 95, 60200 Brno
ostry.m@fce.vutbr.cz
Simulations of the behaviour of a solar air collector with integrated latent heat thermal storage were performed. The model of the collector was created with the use of coupling between TRNSYS 17 and MATLAB. Latent heat storage (Phase Change Material - PCM) was integrated with the solar absorber. The model of the latent heat storage absorber was created in MATLAB and the model of the solar air collector itself was created in TRNSYS with the use of TYPE 56. The model of the latent heat storage absorber allows specification of the PCM properties as well as other parameters. The simulated air collector was the front and back pass collector with the absorber in the middle of the air cavity. Two variants were considered for comparison; the light-weight absorber made of sheet metal and the heat-storage absorber with the PCM. Simulations were performed for the climatic conditions of the Czech Republic (using TMY weather data).
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