Experimental Investigation of Heat Pipes Application in Solar Water Heaters

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Arab, Mobin | 2008

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Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
Language: Farsi
Document No: 39097 (08)
University: Sharif University of Technology
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor(s): Soltanieh, Mohammad; Shafii, Mohammad Behshad
Abstract:
Nowadays, radical increase in energy consumption guides humankind to find and harvest some alternative energy resources. Between the energy resources that have ever been known, Solar Energy is the most traditional one and Solar Water Heaters (SWHs) are the most ancient tools that have been used to store this energy up to now. Regarding this issue, many researches have been done to investigate different aspects of SWHs and the most conventional type was Thermosyphon SWH system. In this study, our aim is to investigate the influence of Pulsating Heat Pipes (PHPs) application as a heat transfer tool to convey absorbed solar energy to hot water reservoir of a SWH. In order to do this research, an extra-long Closed Loop PHP (CLPHP) is designed, constructed and installed on a TSWH. Results show that by making some modifications in the preliminary system, an increase in the systems efficiency is achievable. Moreover, the start-up sensitivities of extra-long CLPHPs are different from the conventional ones
Keywords:
Solar Energy ; Solar Water Heater ; Heat Pipe ; Renewable Energy Resources ; Pulsating Heat Pipe

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