Experimental and numerical simulation of a storage tank connected to a flat-plate solar collector
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24084/repqj11.254Keywords:
Storage tank, sandwich--like solar collector, heat transfer fluid, numerical simulation, turbulence model and experimental measurementsAbstract
In this study, the thermo--hydrodynamic behaviour of the heat transfer fluid in a storage tank connected to a domestic solar collector is investigated. In order to do this, a numerical simulation of the fluid inside the storage tank is performed using Ansys Fluent. The numerical results are then compared with experimental measurements, taken from a new design of a flat-plate solar collector, showing a good agreement.
