Experimental investigation of evacuated heat pipe solar collector efficiency using phase-change fluid

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Fang, Wenbo, Riffat, Saffa and Wu, Yupeng (2017) Experimental investigation of evacuated heat pipe solar collector efficiency using phase-change fluid. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies . ISSN 1748-1325

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Official URL: https://academic.oup.com/ijlct/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/ijlct/ctx010

Abstract

Performance of a microencapsulated phase-change material (PCM) as a heat-transport medium in an evacuated heat pipe solar collector was evaluated and the results compared with those using water. Collector efficiency was experimentally determined according to the method based on European Standard EN 12975–2:2006. This method proved unsuitable when using an encapsulated PCM suspension. A modified test method was proposed, which was appropriate for predicting solar collector efficiency when using a phase-change fluid. Average solar collection efficiency when using a PCM suspension was higher than that using water.

Item Type:	Article
RIS ID:	https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/874968
Keywords:	test method EN 12975; phase-change material; encapsulation; solar collector efficiency
Schools/Departments:	University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Engineering > Department of Architecture and Built Environment
Identification Number:	10.1093/ijlct/ctx010
Depositing User:	Eprints, Support
Date Deposited:	01 Nov 2017 12:03
Last Modified:	04 May 2020 18:57
URI:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/47748

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