Performance assessment in V-trough solar water heater fitted with square and V-cut twisted tape inserts

A Saravanan, JS Senthilkumaar, S Jaisankar - Applied Thermal …, 2016 - Elsevier
Applied Thermal Engineering, 2016Elsevier
The experimental investigation has been carried out in V-trough solar water heater fitted with
helix twisted tape (HT), helix twisted tape with square cut (HSC) and helix twisted tape with V-
cut (HVC), under two different twist ratios (Y= 3, 4 & 5) in same operating condition. Solar
concentration has increased while using additional reflection surface on the absorber plate
which in turn increased thermal performance in Plain V-Trough (PVT) solar water heater.
The experimental result has been verified with fundamental equation and the discrepancy is …
Abstract
The experimental investigation has been carried out in V-trough solar water heater fitted with helix twisted tape (HT), helix twisted tape with square cut (HSC) and helix twisted tape with V-cut (HVC), under two different twist ratios (Y = 3, 4 & 5) in same operating condition. Solar concentration has increased while using additional reflection surface on the absorber plate which in turn increased thermal performance in Plain V-Trough (PVT) solar water heater. The experimental result has been verified with fundamental equation and the discrepancy is less than ±14.54% and ±5.5% for Nusselt number and friction factor respectively. The twist tape with lower twist ratio (Y = 3) gives higher thermal performance than higher twist ratio (Y = 5). The obtained results have shown that the Nusselt number and frictional factor are higher in HVC than in HSC. Correlations have been developed for Nusselt number and friction factor to match the experimental results and deviation fall within ±10.17% and ±4.395% respectively.
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