Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, 2nd ed.

Duffie, John A.; Beckman, W.A.; Worek, William M.

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“…The main characteristic of energy storage collectors is the high thermal inertia, represented by a high value for the collector time constant (Duffie and Beckman, 1991). The advantage of this unit in the drying process is the capacity to avoid temperature peaks during the day and to continue transferring heat even when the incidence of solar radiation ends.…”

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A solar collector design procedure for crop drying

Santos

Queiroz

Borges

2005

Braz. J. Chem. Eng.

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-A design procedure was proposed for sizing solar-assisted crop-drying systems and assessing the combination of solar collector area and auxiliary energy needs that meets the requirements of the load. Two empirical correlations were compared for use with high thermal inertia solar collectors that are cheap and appropriate for rural areas. A case study as performed in the city of Campinas in southeastern Brazil. Grain drying with partial air heating by solar energy can provide an annual savings of 30% in fuel consumption for 1.80m 2 collector area during the drying of 1.2t of corn at 50ºC at a daily air rate of 1526.8 m 3 /day.

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Section: Energy Storage Collectorsmentioning

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A solar collector design procedure for crop drying

Santos

Queiroz

Borges

2005

Braz. J. Chem. Eng.

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“…1, I i has been computed for each section of the selected shape and orientation for each month of a typical day. Beam and diffuse radiation on a horizontal surface is computed for a typical day in each month as discussed by Duffie and Beckman (1991). Hence the total solar radiation on greenhouse canopy cover is…”

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On the selection of shape and orientation of a greenhouse for composite climates

Sethi

2009

International Journal of Sustainable Energy

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“…Attributable to the numerous parameters influencing the sun powered authority execution, endeavoring to make a definite investigation of a sunlight based gatherer is an extremely entangled issue. Luckily, a moderately basic investigation will yield extremely helpful outcomes [5]. The solar array consists of 14 + 4 parallel connected solar panels with the sections of 196 x 196 mm in size made on the basis of silicon solar cells.…”

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Modelling of An Optimal Slope Based Solar Collector for Solar Tower Plant

Agarwal¹

2017

IJRASET

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There is an expanding interest for the solar collectors, particularly the flat plate fluid one. In this way, an examination inquire about has been done to show the operation to be prepared in a solar tower plant and to anticipate the execution of various sort's solar systems. The Solar radiation beams are to be constantly engaged onto the absorber plate. The upper surface must be pivoted by trackers, which is exorbitant framework so we can't utilize this for each system monetarily. Because of this reason the solar arrays and collectors are sloped either month to month, regularly or yearly example, in view of our prerequisites. By utilizing MATLAB programming, examination of various solar radiation models indicates comes about close to genuine experimental setup. Keywords: Solar collector, optimal slope, declination, beam radiation. I. INTRODUCTIONBecause of natural issues and restricted non-renewable energy source assets, more consideration is being given to sustainable power sources. Energy is viewed as a noteworthy specialist in the era of riches and a significant factor in monetary improvement. Therefore it is highly pertinent to ensure a sustainable energy supply for human kind so that the future generation will benefit from energy utilization. Energy plays the most essential role in the economic growth, progress, and development, as well as security and poverty eradication of any nation. Future economic growth crucially depends on the long-term availability of energy from sources that are affordable, accessible, and environmentally friendly [1]. Due to the fast increase in the world population, the need for the energy increases rapidly.the combustion of fossil fuels for energy has caused a significant increase in greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere, which is widely believed to be the primary cause of global warming. This has resulted in changes in sea levels, ecosystems and weather events, which have directly, affect people's health and way of life, as well as cause irreversible losses to plant and animal species [2]. Worldwide energy demand is escalated due to population and economic growth. As per the investigation done in energy outlook 2030 by bp global, the energy demand will increase by 36% between 2013 and 2030 provided there are continuous improvements in energy efficiency. Sustainable power sources have been essential for people since the start of human advancement. For a considerable length of time and from multiple points of view, biomass has been utilized for warming, cooking, steam rising, and power era, hydropower and twist vitality, for development and later for power generation. Sustainable power sources for the most part rely upon vitality courses through the earth's biological system from the insolation of the sun and the geothermal vitality of the earth. According to world energy outlook 2014 report nuclear power is one of the options that can contribute to the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere, but the safety aspect of this source of energy in ter...

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Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, 2nd ed.

Cited by 442 publications

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A solar collector design procedure for crop drying

A solar collector design procedure for crop drying

On the selection of shape and orientation of a greenhouse for composite climates

Modelling of An Optimal Slope Based Solar Collector for Solar Tower Plant

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