The effect of tube spacing on the cost-effectiveness of a flat-plate solar collector

✍ Scribed by D.M. Ghamari; R.A. Worth

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 219 KB
• Volume: 2
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0960-1481
• DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(92)90025-x

✦ Synopsis

A graph of collector efficiency versus tube spacing was obtained experimentally for a flat-plate copper collector. The graph was found to be approximately linear. From its slope, the optimum tube spacing for maximum cost-effectiveness was estimated, using actual material costs. For Fiji prices it was found to be in the region of 160 mm.