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Engineering Department, Petroleum Training Institute, P.M.B. 20, Effurun, Delta State, Nigeria
and Information Engineering Department, Landmark University, P.M.B. 1001, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria
3 Mechanical Engineering Department, Igbinedion University, Okada, 1090 Edo State, Nigeria
Address correspondence to Ikponmwosa Oghogho, oghogho.ikponmwosa@landmarkuniversity.edu.ng
2 Electrical
1. Introduction
Renewable energy resources of which the sun is a good
example are those resources which undergo a faster
replenishment rate within a relatively short time than
the rate at which they are utilized or depleted. The energy
of the sun is generated from the nuclear fusion of its
hydrogen into helium, with a resulting mass depletion rate
of approximately 4.7 106 tons per second. The earths
population currently needs 15 terawatts of power in total,
but the solar radiation that reaches the earth on a continuous
basis amounts to 120,000 terawatts; hence, just a fraction
of the suns energy reaching the earth will cover the bulk of
energy requirements [2].
About 36 years ago, the world experienced a major
oil crisis which started a new way of energy thinking
which focused on developing alternative energy resources,
which would be renewable and environmentally friendly.
Several challenges such as the increase in oil demand
accompanied with oil price rise, depletion of oil reserve,
reduced availability of fossil fuel, ozone layer depletion,
health hazards, relatively tangible problems of aesthetics to
Qu = IAC Qloss
Qu = IAC Qloss
where Qloss = heat loss by the collector
= transmitivity of the glass and = absorbtivity of the
collector
Qloss is related to the overall heat loss coefficient (UL )
by
Qloss = UL AC Tp Ta .
Therefore
Qu = IAC UL AC Tp Ta
Qu = AC I UL Tp Ta .
(1)
(2)
Mw Cw T
Qw
=
I
I
Re
,
D
162.75
QW
=
= 0.2767 m2 .
I
1, 470 0.4
1
Ra cos 3
1 ,
+
5830
Figure 1: Diagrammatic description of a solar collector
plate.
Qu = AC [I UL (Tp Ta )]
Mass
,
Time
therefore
Volume (VT ) = Area (AT ) Height (HT ).
But AT =
2
DT
, therefore
DT2
HT
4
6
4V
2 4 30 10 mm
T
=
= 261.2 mm.
DT = 2
HT
560 3.142
VT =
( K1 ) 104
0.53
1.5
3.02
4.58
5.87
t =
2t HT t PT DT HT = 0
2t HT t = PT DT HT .
P T DT
2t
PT DT
2t .
1, 433.8
5, 493.6 0.261
=
= 1.2 MPa.
2 0.0006
1.2 103
1
PT D T
= t .
4t
2
Also, 1 =
1 =
PT DT
4t
= 12 t
1
1.2 = 0.6 MPa
2
(cold tank).
2, 006.96
7, 689.5 0.261
=
= 1.7 MPa
2 0.0006
1.2 103
(hot tank).
Pipe spacing
From Figure 2, x = L/7 where x is the spacing between
pipes.
We chose a width of 0.9 m, i.e., Wc = 0.9 m and pipe
spacing of 0.10 m. Then number of equal center to center
Ns
Ns =
From the above, for a thin-walled cylinder, wall thickness t is related to the diameter of the following inequality:
1
DT for the cold water tank also for hot water tank.
t 20
A bursting stress known as tangential or circumferential or
hoop stress will be set up on the wall of the cylindrical tank
caused by water pressure.
0.9
Wc
=
=9
0.10 0.10
Ns 1 = 9 1 = 8.
Therefore, we specify eight parallel pipes with equal
center spacing.
Pipe sizing
Below is the pipe sizing selected to obtain heat transfer
needed:
Number of pipes used: 8 (i.e., two headers and six riser
pipes).
Diameter of pipe: 1.27 cm, length of circulating pipe:
75 cm, diameter of inlet pipe 0.6 cm.
Table 2: System temperature variation and daily solar insulations for 4 October 2010.
Time (h)
7.00
8.00
9.00
10.00
11.00
12.00
13.00
14.00
15.00
16.00
17.00
18.00