Investigating Two Configurations of a Heat Exchanger in an Indirect Heating Integrated Collector Storage Solar Water Heating System

Due to the environmental impact of energy usage and increased price of fusel fuel, consumers need to be encouraged to use renewable energy sources. The IHICSSWHS （indirect heating integrated collector storage solar water heater system） is one of the most economical systems. It incorporates the collection of a solar energy component and a hot water storage component in one unit. The objective of this study was to investigate ways to enhance the thermal performance of the system. Two configurations of the system were studied： system with double row HX （heat exchanger） and tube length of 16.2 m, and system with single row HX and tube length of 8.1 m and 10.8 m. The service water tube inside diameter was also varied to 10.7 mm and 17.1 mm The steady state continuity, momentum and energy equations were numerically solved, using FLUENT software. A standard k-w turbulent model and surface-to-surface radiation model were used. The result showed that the system of 10.8 m tube length and single row HX provided higher outlet temperature than the system of 16.2 m and double row HX. Therefore, a significant reduction in cost and power usage can be achieved by using a single row HX.

Solar Desalination with Latent Heat Storage Materials and Solar Collector

Availability of clean water is going to become one of biggest demands of the country. Even though there arc various technologies available for purification of water harnessing solar energy fits the purpose for future problems. Distillation is one of many processes available for water purification, and solar energy is one of several forms of heat energy that can be used to energize this process. In this review a study is made to enhance the productivity of the solar stills by connecting solar still with latent heat storage and solar air heater in series and other factors like improving evaporation rate by maintaining Low depth, more exposure area, heat addition by solar collector and presence of latent heat storage material, which is a paraffin wax as a integral part of still. Latent heat storage is one of the most efficient ways of storing thermal energy. Unlike the sensible heat storage method, the latent heat storage method provides much higher storage density, with a smaller temperature difference between storing and releasing heat. Further augmentation of the yield by scraps, pebble, and sand are added.

Three-Dimensional Heat Transfer Analysis for A Thermal Energy Storage Canister

High temperature latent thermal storage is one of the critical techniques for a solar dynamic power system. This paper presents results from heat transfer analysis of a phase change salt containment canister A three-dimensional analysis program is developed to model heat transfer in a PCM canister. Analysis include effects of asymmetric circumference heat flux, conduction in canister walls, liquid PCM and solid PCM, void volume change and void location, and conduction and radiation across PCM vapor void. The PCM phase change process is modeled using the enthalpy method and the simulation results are compared with those of other two- dimensional investigations. It’s shown that there are large difference with two-dimensional analysis, therefore the three-dimensional model is necessary for system design of high temperature latent thermal storage.

Non-thermal radiation heating synthesis of nanomaterials

The nanoscale effect enables the unique magnetic,optical,thermal and electrical properties of nanostructured materials and has attracted extensive investigation for applications in catalysis,biomedicine,sensors,and energy storage and conversion.The widely used synthesis methods,such as traditional hydrothermal reaction and calcination,are bulk heating processes based on thermal radiation.Differing from traditional heating methods,non-thermal radiation heating technique is a local heating mode.In this regard,this review summarizes various non-thermal radiation heating methods for synthesis of nanomaterials,including microwave heating,induction heating,Joule heating,laser heating and electron beam heating.The advantages and disadvantages of these non-thermal radiation heating methods for the synthesis of nanomaterials are compared and discussed.Finally,the future development and challenges of non-thermal radiation heating method for potential synthesis of nanomaterials are discussed.