1999 ISES Solar World Congress (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Conference Proceedings, Volume III 2
Copyright Page 3
Table of Contents – Volume III 11
Part XVIII: Flat Plate and Non-Concentrating Solar Collectors 16
Chapter 1. Hybrid Solar Collectors for Microclimate Forming System 18
Chapter 2. Testing of a Flat Plate Collector with Selective and Nonselective Absorbers That Are Otherwise Identical 19
Chapter 3. Comparison Between a Simple Solar Collector Accumulator and a Conventional Accumulator 26
Chapter 4. Solar Air Collectors - Investigations on Several Series-Produced Collectors 32
Chapter 5. An Empirical Heat Transfer Equation for the Transpired Solar Collectors, Including No-Wind Conditions 38
Chapter 6. A CFD Heat Transfer Analyses of the Transpired Solar Collector under No-Wind Conditions 44
Chapter 7. Analysis of Thermal Performance on an Air-Type Solar Collector with 2-Glass Using Carbon Fiber Sheet as Collecting Material 50
Chapter 8. Research and Development of Solar Collectors Fabricated From Polymeric Material 55
Chapter 9. Study of a Mixed (Water Or Air) Solar Collector 65
Chapter 10. Uncertainty in Solar Collector Testing Results 71
Chapter 11. Optimized Finned Absorber Geometries for Solar Air Heating Collectors 77
Chapter 12. Inclination Dependency of Flat Plate Collector Heat Losses 87
Chapter 13. PV-Hybrid and Thermo-Electric-Collectors 91
Chapter 14. Elastomer-Metal-Absorber - Development and Application 98
Chapter 15. Solar Absorber System for Preheating Feeding Water District Heating Nets 105
Chapter 16. Statistical Analysis of Solar Collector Test Results in View of Future Certification 107
Chapter 17. Thermal and Electrical Yield of a Combipanel 111
Chapter 18. A Comparative Investigation of Radiation Heat Transfer in Transparent Insulation with Different Reflection Models 117
Part XIX: Solar Hot Water and Thermal Energy Supply 124
Chapter 19. Thermal Destratification in Small Standard Solar Tanks Due to Mixing During Tapping 126
Chapter 20. Integrated Thermal Improvements for Greenhouse Cultivation in the Central Part of Argentina 135
Chapter 21. In Situ Short -Term Test for Large Solar Thermal Systems 141
Chapter 22. Solar Process Heat with Non-Concentrating Collectors for Food Industry 146
Chapter 23. Laboratory Testing of Integrated Collector Storage (ICS) Systems with Transparent Insulation Material 152
Chapter 24. Uncertainty in Economical Analysis of Solar Water Heating and Photovoltaic Systems 156
Chapter 25. Solar Pond as a Power Source for Desalination 65
Chapter 26. Multistage Still 170
Chapter 27. Development of a Smart Solar Tank 175
Chapter 28. Thermal Modelling and Performance Prediction of Drying Processes under Open-Sun-Drying 185
Chapter 29. Medium Scale Solar Crop Dryers for Agricultural Products 190
Chapter 30. The Marstal Central Solar Heating Plant: Design and Evaluation 195
Chapter 31. A Combined Ejector Cooling and Hot Water Supply System Using Solar and Waste Heat Energy 203
Chapter 32. A Solar Still with Minimum Inclination and Coupled to an Outside Condenser 206
Chapter 33. Modelling of a Thermosyphonally Driven Discharge Unit of a Storage Tank 212
Chapter 34. Performance of Transparently Insulated Solar Passive Hot Water Systems 218
Chapter 35. Thermodynamic Study of a Regenerative Water Distiller 226
Chapter 36. The Performance and Analysis of a Multiple - Effect Solar Still Utilizing Solar and/or Waste Thermal Energy 231
Chapter 37. Performance and Analysis of a Multiple Effect Solar Still Utilizing an Internal Multi - Tubular Heat Exchanger for Thermal Energy Recycle 241
Chapter 38. Modelling Thermosyphon Solar Water Heaters with Mantle Collector-Loop Heat Exchangers 251
Chapter 39. Bridging the Gap: Research and Validation of the DST Performance Test Method for CEN and ISO Standards - Project Results 260
Chapter 40. Research on a New Type of Heat Pipe Vacuum Tube Solar Water Heater 268
Chapter 41. Solar Process Heat: Distillation, Drying, Agricultural and Industrial Uses 271
Chapter 42. Brackish Water Destillation with Plane Microporous Membranes Driven by Temperature Difference 276
Chapter 43. Effective Solar Energy Utilisation - More Dependent on System Design Than Solar Collector Efficiency 280
Chapter 44. Dynamical Model for Solar Still Validated From Optical and Thermal Parameters Measured Experimentally 286
Chapter 45. Characteristics of Vertical Mantle Heat Exchangers for Solar Water Heaters 291
Chapter 46. A System for Solar Process Heat for Decentralised Applications in Developing Countries 301
Chapter 47. Performance of a Cascade of Flat Plate Collectors 307
Chapter 48. A Solar Absorption Air-Conditioning Plant Using Heat-Pipe Evacuated Tubular Collectors 312
Chapter 49. Advanced Fuzzy Control of the Temperature in the Test Chamber 319
Part XX: Solar, Thermal and Photovoltaic Concentrating Collectors 328
Chapter 50. Design and Construction of a Line-Focus Parabolic Trough Solar Concentrator for Electricity Generation 330
Chapter 51. The Duct Selective Volumetric Receiver: Potential for Different Selectivity Strategies and Stability Issues 339
Chapter 52. A Parabolic Dish Concentrator From a Telecommunication Antenna: Optical and Thermal Study of the Receiver 348
Chapter 53. Efficiency Improvement of Parabolic Trough Collectors by Means of Additional End Reflectors 352
Chapter 54. Experimental Performance of a PV V-Trough System 357
Chapter 55. Performance Analyses of a Combined Photovoltaic/Thermal (PV/T) Collector with Integrated CPC Throughs 364
Chapter 56. An Astigmatic Corrected Target Aligned Solar Concentrator for Solid State Laser Pumping 369
Chapter 57. Nonimaging Fresnel Lens Concentrators for Photovoltaic Applications 373
Chapter 58. Thermo-Mechanical Design of a Large Compound Parabolic Concentrator for 500 KWt Solar Central Receiver System 382
Chapter 59. Simulation and Analysis of the Performance of Low Concentration PV Modules 385
Chapter 60. Practical Design Considerations for Secondary Concentrators at High Temperatures 392
Chapter 61. Comparison of Predicted and Measured Performance of an Integrated Compound Parabolic Concentrator (ICPC) 397
Chapter 62. Double-Tailored Imaging Concentrators 403
Chapter 63. Development and Test of an Equipment to Replace Broken Glass Envelops of Receiver Tubes in Parabolic Trough Collectors 409
Chapter 64. Cooling of PV Modules Equipped with Low Concentrating CPC Reflectors 415
Chapter 65. A Solar Bowl in India 420
Chapter 66. The Development and Testing of Small Concentrating PV Systems 424
Part XXI: Active Cooling, Refrigeration and Dehumidification 432
Chapter 67. Thermodynamic Design of a Solar Refrigerator to Conserve Sea Products 434
Chapter 68. Demonstration of a New Type of ICPC in a Double Effect Absorption Cooling System 439
Chapter 69. Indirect Evaporative Cooling through a Concrete Ceiling 443
Chapter 70. Experimental Studies on a Hybrid Dryer 449
Chapter 71. Combined Solar Heating and Radiative Cooling System 456
Chapter 72. Hybrid Solar/Gas Cooling Ejector Unit for a Hospital in Mexico 462
Part XXII: Thermal Storage 468
Chapter 73. The Freezing Process of Water Inside a Vertical Cylinder with a Finned Tube 470
Chapter 74. The Ciclops System: Optimised Management of Middle-Sized-Hybrid Wind-PV-Diesel Plants 477
Chapter 75. Solar District Heating with a Combined Pit and Duct Storage in the Underground 483
Chapter 76. Solar Heating with Heat Pump and Ice Storage 490
Chapter 77. An Analysis of Phase Change Heat Transfer in a Solar Thermal Energy Store 499
Chapter 78. Modelling of Two - Layer Stratified Stores 505
Full Table of Contents 514
Index of Authors 527
Index of Papers 557