Performance Analysis of a Flat Plate Solar Field for Process Heat

Analysis and validation of a quasi-dynamic model for a solar collector field with flat plate collectors and parabolic trough collectors in series for district heating

“…Marco. et al [31] investigated a 1070 m 2 flat plate collector field for the industry process heat, which focused on thermal performance of the solar collector field by comparing the measured field efficiency with the nominal collector efficiency. Hassine I B. et al [32] also investigated two about 1000 m 2 solar heating plants.…”

“…The previous studies [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] mainly focus on simulation or test on a single collector in the laboratory, direct steam generation [34] and thermal performance of relatively small scale solar collector fields (1000m 2 ) [30][31][32][33][34]. A collector array field may consist of collectors connected in series and in parallel.…”

Profitability of a solar water heating system with evacuated tube collector in the meat industry

“…Few studies analyze the feasibility of SWHS in meat industries, highlighting the work carried out in the framework of the European project InSun [14][15][16], treating the design, control optimization, first monitoring data and performance analysis of a large scale flat solar plate at a meat factory in 8…”