Optimum sizing of air heating collectors

Autor: M. S. Söylemez
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 1:043101
ISSN: 1941-7012
DOI: 10.1063/1.3166862
Popis: A thermoeconomic feasibility analysis is presented yielding a simple algebraic optimization formula for estimating the optimum length of a typical air heating collector per unit depth. A simple economic optimization method is used in the present study by combining it with an integrated overall heat balance method for calculating maximum savings from the solar air heating. An optimum collector length was detected as a result of the present work. The number of payback years and critical length of an air heating collector were also determined by using the present optimization method.
Databáze: OpenAIRE