• 에너지공학
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.175-182
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• 2014

신재생에너지 분야 중 특히 태양에너지를 이용하는 분야는 자원의 무한 및 청정성 때문에 그 사용량이 증가 추세에 있다. 우리나라에서 태양열에너지의 이용률이 전체 에너지 사용량 중 아직 미미한 실정이지만, 근래 정부의 정책적 지원에 힘입어 이 분야에 대한 연구가 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 본 연구는 외부 날씨의 영향을 받지 않고 실내에서 안정적으로 태양열집열기에 관한 실험을 수행할 수 있는 태양열집열기 성능검사 시스템을 구축하고 또한 새로운 형태의 열사이폰관형 태양열집열기를 연구 개발하여 기존의 이중진공관형 태양열집열기와 집열효율을 비교하고자 하였다. 그 결과 할로겐 램프를 이용한 실내 측정의 경우, 열사이폰관형 태양열집열기의 집열효율이 이중진공관형 태양열집열기보다 120분 직후 약 15~22% 증가하였다. 또한 실제 태양을 이용한 실외 측정의 경우도 열사이폰관 형 집열기가 이중진공관형 집열기보다 최대 약 46% 높았다.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.50-55
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• 2008

The Storage efficiency of concentric evacuated tube solar collector is tested for one year from January 1st to December 31st under the real sun condition. The testing equipment is operated continuously for three days without cooling the storage tank. Daily storage efficiency is obtained from dividing stored energy in the storage tank by solar insolation on the solar collector for each day. Daily averaged temperature of the storage tank is lowest in January and highest in August. Monthly averaged storage efficiency is also lowest in November and highest in June. Therefore, it can be said that the storage temperature and the storage efficiency are roughly proportional to outdoor temperature. Furthermore, the daily storage efficiency is reversely proportional to $(T_s-T_a)/I_c$ where $T_s$ and $T_a$ are daily averaged storage temperature and outdoor temperature from sunrise to sunset, and $I_c$ is total insolation on the solar collector for a day.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.35-44
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• 2005

The absorbing rate of solar irradiation on the surface of an absorbing tube in a glass evacuated solar collector is numerically investigated. Four different shapes of the absorbing tubes are considered, and the absorbed solar irradiation on the surface is calculated for several distances between the absorbing tubes and the incidence angle of solar beam radiation. From the calculation, it is known that the absorbing rate of solar irradiation on the tube surfaces depends upon the shape and the arrangement of absorbing tube and the incidence angle.

• 에너지공학
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.189-195
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• 2014

신재생에너지 분야 중 특히 태양에너지를 이용하는 분야는 자원의 무한 및 청정성 때문에 그 사용량이 증가 추세에 있다. 우리나라에서 태양열에너지의 이용률이 전체 에너지 사용량 중 아직 미미한 실정이지만, 근래 정부의 정책적 지원에 힘입어 이 분야에 대한 연구가 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 본 연구는 태양열집열기의 형상 변화에 따른 집열효율을 조사하기 위하여 단일진공관 태양열집열기를 이용한 실험 및 이중진공관 태양열집열기와의 비교 실험을 수행하였다. 그 결과, 본 실험장치에서 히트 파이프의 최고온도의 차이로부터 태양열집열기 형상 변화에 따른 집열효율의 변화를 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 본 연구대상 태양열집열기의 히트파이프의 온도가 비교대상 태양열집열기보다 높음에도 불구하고 방열핀의 온도가 낮게 관측되었다. 이것은 본 연구대상의 태양열집열기는 히트파이프 방열부인 헤드부와 방열핀 사이의 접촉저항이 비교대상의 접촉저항보다 크다는 것을 나타내며, 집열효율을 높이기 위해서는 태양열집열기의 여러 부분의 성능개선뿐만 아니라 접촉저항에 의한 집열손실도 감소시켜야 함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.15-22
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• 2003

This study deals with the collection of solar energy and its storage in evacuated tubular collector systems for different types of header design, flow passage and heat transfer devices. In order to elicit the most efficient combination of header design, flow passage, heat transfer hardware and operating conditions, a series of tests were done for the four different types of solar collectors utilizing vacuum tubes. The systems studied here either has the evacuated collector tubes with a metal cap on one end or the all-glass evacuated solar collector tubes These evacuated tubular collectors are known to be more efficient than the flat-plate ones in both direct and diffuse solar radiation. Test results show that the system comprised of the all-glass evacuated tubes with U-shaped copper pipes inside outperforms the other configurations. Especially, a rolled copper sheet tightly placed along the inner surface of each inner tube enhances heat transfer between the heated collector surface and the water contained in the U-shaped copper pipe.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.56-65
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• 2006

The thermal performance of glass evacuated tube solar collectors are numerically and experimentally investigated. Four different shapes of solar collectors are considered and the performances of these solar collectors are compared. Dealing with a single collector tube, the effects of not only the shapes of the absorber tube but also the incidence angle of solar irradiation (beam irradiation) on thermal performance of the collector are studied. However, the solar irradiation consists of the beam irradiation as well as the diffuse irradiation. Also, the interference of solar irradiation and heat transfer interaction between the tubes exist in an actual solar collector, These effects are considered in this study experimentally and numerically. The accuracy of the numerical model is verified by the experimental results. The result shows that the thermal performance of the absorber used a plate fin and U-tube is the best.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.36-41
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• 2013

The reflection plate in twin-glass evacuated tube solar collector is controlled to reduce the overheat during the summer time. The sliding type and folding types are suggested and tested. The sliding type changes the plate angle and the folding type changes the opening angle of the reflection plate. By scattering the focus of the reflected radiation from the reflection plate, the temperature rise of the working fluid can be reduced. The sliding type shows the best results in overheat reduction. When solar radiation is 900 $W/m^2$, the temperature rise in one sliding type collector is reduced about $2^{\circ}C$ compared to that of the normal solar collector. When this method is applied to seven series-collectors in the field, the reduction of temperature rise during the summer time should be significant.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.63-71
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• 2001

This work has been carried out to find the ideal operating conditions for solar vacuum tube collectors which are widely used at present. Various types of solar collectors including a flat plate one were experimentally tested and examined to determine their thermal efficiencies and operating characteristics. Generally, solar vacuum tubes can be classified into two groups according to their design features. Of these, one is characterized by the insertion of a metallic device(such as a finned heat pipe) in an evacuated glass tube for the collection and transportation of solar energy. The other utilizes double glass tubes where the smaller one is contained inside the bigger one and soldered to each other after the small gap between them is evacuated. Both of these solar collectors are designed to minimize convection heat losses by removing the air which is in direct contact with the absorber surface. The performance of the former type can be readily analyzed by applying the relevant correlations developed for flat plate solar collectors. This has been demonstrated in the present study for the case of a solar collector where a heat pipe is inserted in an evacuated tube.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2005년도 제17회 워크샵 및 추계학술대회
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• pp.595-598
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• 2005

The thermal performance of glass evacuated tube solar collectors are numerically and experimentally investigated. Four different shapes of solar collectors are considered and the performances of these solar collectors are compared. Dealing with a single collector tube, the effects of not only the shapes of the absorber tube but also the incidence angle of solar irradiation (beam radiation) on thermal performance of the collector are studied. However the solar irradiation consists of the beam radiation as well as the diffuse radiation. Also, the interference of solar irradiation and heat transfer interaction between the tubes exist in an actual solar collector. These effects are considered in this study experimentally and numerically the accuracy of the numerical model is verified by the experimental results. The result shows that the thermal performance of the absorber used a plate fin and U-tube is the best.

• 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국태양에너지학회 2012년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.480-487
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• 2012

The application of solar energy in residential building is general and natural in today. And application methods of solar thermal energy is divided in two kind of form, single evacuated tube and flat-plate form. Then in this study, the efficiency of single evacuated tube and flat-plate system is compared by total and effective area considering the time receiving the solar radiation between 24 hours and the specific time(10:00~15:00). As a result of the experiment, single evacuated tube and flat-plate collector's efficiency is varied by the quantity of solar radiation. And especially, the flat-plate system is more affected by outdoor temperature. Therefore the application of solar thermal system should be considered the solar radiation and outdoor temperature.