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Angular solar absorptance and incident angle modifier of selective absorbers for solar thermal collectors

✍ Scribed by T Tesfamichael; E Wäckelgård

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2000
Tongue
English
Weight
232 KB
Volume
68
Category
Article
ISSN
0038-092X

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✦ Synopsis

The solar absorptance of absorbers for thermal solar collectors is usually characterized at near normal angle of incidence. The solar absorptance is however a function of the angle of the incident light on the absorbers. In this paper the angular solar absorptance of commercial nickel pigmented aluminum oxide and sputtered nickel / nickel oxide solar selective absorbers are reported. The solar absorptance was calculated from experimental total reflectance spectra in the wavelength range 300-2500 nm for angles of incidence between 5 and 808. It was found that the solar absorptance at higher angles of incidence is lower for the sputtered nickel / nickel oxide than for the nickel pigmented aluminum oxide coating. This could be understood from theoretical calculations based on microstructure models of the two types of coatings. The nickel pigmented aluminum oxide with a double-layer structure of its coating has an enhanced higher angle solar absorptance due to thin film interference effects which can not be achieved from a graded-index thin film coatings as is the case for the sputtered nickel / nickel oxide absorber. When the absorbers were covered by glass, as is common for most solar collectors, a negligible difference in optical performance at the higher angles of incidence has been obtained. These results were consistent with a theoretical calculation by use of an incident angle modifier model.

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