The resistance between the heat pipe of an evacuated tube solar collector and its load | |
| Author | Kaila, Neelabh |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.ET-85-8 |
| Subject(s) | Solar collectors Heat pipes |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Experiments have been conducted to evaluate the thermal resistance between the heat pipe in an evacuated glass tube solar collector and a thermosiphon load via dry and wet couplings. The evacuated tube collector used was Philips type VTR 361 inclined at an angle of 25° to the horizontal facing south. Heat from the collector was transferred to water in a 1.4 litre container by (1 ) clamping the condenser of the heat pipe to a 28 mm diameter pipe through which water from the container flows by thermosiphoning, (2) by inserting the condenser of the heat pipe into a tube let into the bottom of the container. The average value of the thermal resistance was found to be 1.095 K/W in case (1) and 1.303 K/W in case (2). This was three times the resistance found by other workers who used forced convection in the ir experiments. |
| Year | 1985 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Energy Technology (ET) |
| Chairperson(s) | Exell, Robert H.B. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Prida Wibulswas ;Bhattacharya, Sribas C. |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | The Australian Government |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1985 |