Thermal absorber material selection for solar thermal Bi‐Metallic multilayer crosses absorber

Razak, A. A.; Majid, Z. A. A.; Ruslan, M. H.; Sopian, K.

International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences

Int. j. adv. appl. sci.

EISSN: 2313-3724

Print ISSN:2313-626X

Volume 3, Issue 8 (August 2016), Pages: 57-60

Title: Thermal absorber material selection for solar thermal Bi‐Metallic multilayer crosses absorber

Authors: A. A. Razak ^{1, 3,}*, Z. A. A. Majid ², M. H. Ruslan ³, K. Sopian ³

Affiliation(s):

¹Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Pahang, Malaysia
²Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences, International Islamic University of Malaysia, Pahang, Malaysia
³Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

http://dx.doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2016.08.010

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Abstract:

The energy gain term determines the level of energy received by the solar absorber from solar radiation and various methods have been implemented to increase the collector performance using a bi-metallic cross absorber. Experiments have been conducted to determine suitable material pairing between the bi-metallic cross absorber and black coated flat-plate absorber. Five types of solar thermal absorbers are investigated under condition 525 W/m2 of solar radiation and with 0.52 m/s air flow speed in terms of heating and cooling performance. Four set stainless steel cross absorbers achieved best energy retention capability by obtaining the slope value of -0.1520 during the cooling phase while during the heating phase, coated flat plate performed well with a slope value of 0.4909. The profile of the thermal absorber with thermal absorption and thermal buffer can be summarized using a spider chart with distance index bar-chart, and the result shows that a bi-metallic, aluminium and stainless steel cross absorber exhibit the optimal balanced thermal profile. With the implementation of the material selection method could minimize the material selection process for cross absorber application.

This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Keywords: Solar air heater, Bi-metallic cross absorber, Matrix absorber, Solar thermal

Article History: Received 26 May 2016, Received in revised form 20 August 2016, Accepted 20 August 2016

Digital Object Identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2016.08.010

Citation:

Razak AA, Majid ZAA, Ruslan MH, and Sopian K (2016). Thermal absorber material selection for solar thermal Bi‐Metallic multilayer crosses absorber. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 3(8): 57-60

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