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Table 5.1
Parameters of various solar water heater systems
Reference/
parameters
AP16
Papadimitratos
et al. (2016)
AR14 Robles et al.
(2014)
SX16 Xue (2016) UDA16
Diego-Ayala and
Carrillo (2016)
LMA13 Ayompe
and Duffy (2013a)
AD13 Ayompe and
Duffy (2013b)
SJ15 Sae-Jung
et al. (2015)
Power output, P
out (kW)
0.4
1.8
0.5
0.5
1
1.2
0.8
Power input, P
in (kW)
1.5
2.6
0.8
1.1
2.4
2.1
1.4
Solar irradiance, q
(W/m 2
)
947
822
700
1200
633
701
700
Inlet temperature, T
i ( ◦
C)
25–42
28–53
16–35
40
23–60
23–51
44
Outlet temperature, T
o ( ◦
C)
33–50
33–58
21–40
48.6
28–66
29–57
69
Ambient temperature, T
a ( ◦
C)
25
25
16
26
19
16
34
Thermal efficiency,
η (%)
27.8
68
56.8
47
44
56
56.4
Mass flow rate,
˙
m
(kg/s)
0.0126
0.109
0.02
0.014
0.047
0.047
0.008
Tube diameter, D
(mm)
–
1.42
8
16
12
–
–
Length of tube (mm)
–
2912
1800
–
–
–
1800
Collector area (m 2
)
1.6
3.2
1.27
0.9
4
3
2.16