A solar air collector with integrated latent heat thermal storage

Autor: Milan Ostry, Tomas Mauder, Lubomír Klimeš, Pavel Charvát
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol 25, p 01028 (2012)
ISSN: 2100-014X
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20122501028
Popis: 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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