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Numerical simulation of pcm intergrated solar collector storage water heater

Solar water heater has been widely used in domestic and industrial sectors to harvest the available solar radiation daily to produce hot water. Computational analysis on performance of solar water heater has been trending up to offset the higher cost of experimental measurement. A 3D computational f...

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Main Authors: Redzuan, M., Saw, C.L., Lew, W.C., Choong, C.G., Salvinder, S., Al-Kayiem, H.H., Lukmon, A.
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Published: Asian Research Publishing Network 2017
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spelling my.utp.eprints.195222018-04-20T06:06:19Z Numerical simulation of pcm intergrated solar collector storage water heater Redzuan, M. Saw, C.L. Lew, W.C. Choong, C.G. Salvinder, S. Al-Kayiem, H.H. Lukmon, A. Solar water heater has been widely used in domestic and industrial sectors to harvest the available solar radiation daily to produce hot water. Computational analysis on performance of solar water heater has been trending up to offset the higher cost of experimental measurement. A 3D computational fluids dynamics (CFD) model was developed and validate with experimental results. The average hot water temperature simulated at 1.00PM until 5.00PM variesfrom 49.0 oC to 54.9 oC, while average PCM temperature varies from 53.0 oC to 64.8 oC. The CFD models developed shows a good agreement of 6.7 and 7.1 simulation error for hot water temperature and PCM temperature respectively. The simulation model developed can be used as a prediction tool for solar energy research and to reduce cost on development of experimental test rig for solar collector experiment. Asian Research Publishing Network 2017 Article PeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85020019180&partnerID=40&md5=a2491e101722d3a05fa0ae251dfc89ff Redzuan, M. and Saw, C.L. and Lew, W.C. and Choong, C.G. and Salvinder, S. and Al-Kayiem, H.H. and Lukmon, A. (2017) Numerical simulation of pcm intergrated solar collector storage water heater. ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 12 (10). pp. 3363-3367. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/19522/
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description Solar water heater has been widely used in domestic and industrial sectors to harvest the available solar radiation daily to produce hot water. Computational analysis on performance of solar water heater has been trending up to offset the higher cost of experimental measurement. A 3D computational fluids dynamics (CFD) model was developed and validate with experimental results. The average hot water temperature simulated at 1.00PM until 5.00PM variesfrom 49.0 oC to 54.9 oC, while average PCM temperature varies from 53.0 oC to 64.8 oC. The CFD models developed shows a good agreement of 6.7 and 7.1 simulation error for hot water temperature and PCM temperature respectively. The simulation model developed can be used as a prediction tool for solar energy research and to reduce cost on development of experimental test rig for solar collector experiment.
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author Redzuan, M.
Saw, C.L.
Lew, W.C.
Choong, C.G.
Salvinder, S.
Al-Kayiem, H.H.
Lukmon, A.
spellingShingle Redzuan, M.
Saw, C.L.
Lew, W.C.
Choong, C.G.
Salvinder, S.
Al-Kayiem, H.H.
Lukmon, A.
Numerical simulation of pcm intergrated solar collector storage water heater
author_facet Redzuan, M.
Saw, C.L.
Lew, W.C.
Choong, C.G.
Salvinder, S.
Al-Kayiem, H.H.
Lukmon, A.
author_sort Redzuan, M.
title Numerical simulation of pcm intergrated solar collector storage water heater
title_short Numerical simulation of pcm intergrated solar collector storage water heater
title_full Numerical simulation of pcm intergrated solar collector storage water heater
title_fullStr Numerical simulation of pcm intergrated solar collector storage water heater
title_full_unstemmed Numerical simulation of pcm intergrated solar collector storage water heater
title_sort numerical simulation of pcm intergrated solar collector storage water heater
publisher Asian Research Publishing Network
publishDate 2017
url https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85020019180&partnerID=40&md5=a2491e101722d3a05fa0ae251dfc89ff
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