Natural convection heat transfer in façade integrated solar concentrators

aut.relation.endpage276
aut.relation.startpage271
aut.relation.volume122en_NZ
aut.researcherAnderson, Timothy
dc.contributor.authorPiratheepan, Men_NZ
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Ten_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-28T02:13:11Z
dc.date.available2015-09-28T02:13:11Z
dc.date.copyright2015-12-01en_NZ
dc.date.issued2015-12-01en_NZ
dc.description.abstractThe use of facade (wall) integrated concentrating solar collectors is an area of developing interest within the field of energy-efficient building technology. One way of achieving such a device could be through the use of a static flat or parabolic reflector used in conjunction with a photovoltaic/thermal absorber and a vertical glazed aperture. However, to precisely predict the performance of such facade integrated collectors, it is essential to understand the heat losses from them. In general the thermal losses from these collectors can be calculated using existing relationships for flat plate solar collectors and fundamental heat transfer concepts. However there is no relationship in the literature to describe the natural convection heat transfer in the asymmetric enclosed air gap formed by a façade integrated concentrator as described. Hence, in this study, a relationship to describe the natural convection heat transfer in such enclosures was developed using an experimentally validated computational fluid dynamics analysis. The relationship shows that the heat transfer, expressed in terms on the Nusselt number, is strongly dependent on the Rayleigh number and the aspect ratio (A/H), and can be expressed in the form Nu = a Rab (A/H)c.en_NZ
dc.identifier.citationSolar Energy, vol.122, pp.271 - 276en_NZ
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.solener.2015.09.008en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn0038-092Xen_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/9083
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2015.09.008
dc.rightsCopyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in (see Citation). Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. The definitive version was published in (see Citation). The original publication is available at (see Publisher's Version).
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccessen_NZ
dc.subjectNatural convection; Triangular enclosure; Façade; Solar concentrator
dc.titleNatural convection heat transfer in façade integrated solar concentratorsen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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pubs.organisational-data/AUT/Design & Creative Technologies
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