Keywords
Abstract
This paper report the results of an experiment on a handmade solar boiler focusing on the effect of thermal insulations for better heat conservation and better efficiency of the device by using a concave downward dish covered by aluminum sheets, the dish used to reflect the solar radiation to the water tank. The boiler body is a box mad of polystyrene foam boards with length, width and height of 45cm, 43cm and 28.5cm respectively. The purpose of this research was to reach the 60⁰C water temperature, but handmade boiler reached a temperature about 10⁰c more than the target.
References
K. Hudon, T. Merrigan, J. Burch and J. Maguire Low-Cost Solar Water Heating Research and Development Roadmap, National Renewable Energy Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy, August 2012.
Yu Yanjun, The research and development of heat insulation materials with low thermal-conductivity in high temperature, SHANDONG POLYTECHNIC, Jinan 250104, China, MEBE 2015.
Xia Shuqin Tang Zhuxing etc. Preparation of inorganic composite insulating material
outsourcing exhaust pipe sleeve. Modern technical ceramics. 1997.1
Gesa, F. Newton1, Atser A. Roy2 & Aondoakaa, I. Solomon3, Investigation of the Thermal Insulation Properties…, American Journal of Engineering Research. 2014.
Novo A. V, Bayon J.R, Castro-Fresno D and Rodriguez-Hernandez J. „ Review of Seasonal heat Storage in Large Basin: Water Tanks and Gravel Water Pits. Applied Energy, 87: 390, 397. 2010.
Sh. Abolhosseini, Al. Heshmati, J. Altmann, A Review of Renewable Energy Supply and Energy Efficiency Technologies, The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), 2014.
Energy Effciency and Renewable Energy: Harnessing the Power of the Consumer. Bloomberg and ABB,2011.
M.R. Islam.; K. Sumathy; S.U. Khan, Solar water heating systems and their market trends.
Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 2013, 17, 1–25.
Renewable Energy Policy Network. Renewable Energy 2010: Key Facts and Figures for Decision Makers. Global Status Report. Available online: http://www.ren21.net/gsr (accessed on 10 July 2015).
G.N. Kulkarni, S.B. Kedare, S. Bandyopadhyay, Determination of design space and optimization of solar water heating systems. Sol. Energy 2007, 81, 958–968.