| Autor: |
E. Osarolube, Anthony Chibuike Ohajianya, O. E Abumere, C. A Madu |
| Rok vydání: |
2014 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
IOSR Journal of Applied Physics. 6:24-31 |
| ISSN: |
2278-4861 |
| DOI: |
10.9790/4861-06612431 |
| Popis: |
A one-reflector solar oven for solar panel lamination was constructed using locally available and low cost materials. The oven was tested for thermal performance through three tests. The first test was a no load test with the oven positioned to face 180 0 S. This test produced a maximum oven laminating platen temperature of 118 0 C at an ambient temperature of 33 0 C and solar irradiance of 1046W/m 2 . A second no-load test was carried out with the oven being turned every 30 minutes to face the sun through a method which we discovered and termed manual shadow tracking. Manual shadow tracking is a method of turning a box type solar oven to face the sun by aligning the bottom edge of the oven with the edge of the oven's shadow. The second no-load test produced a maximum temperature of 124 0 C at an ambient temperature of 36 0 C and solar irradiance of 1010W/m 2 . With these values, the first figure of merit for the oven was calculated as 0.09. A third test which was carried out with the oven loaded with a solar panel to be laminated, produced a maximum temperature of 110.5 0 C at an ambient temperature of 35 0 C and solar irradiance of 1021W/m 2 . A 160W solar panel was |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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