Research & Analysis
Li Guoshuai, Luo Xianfeng, Zhao Dandan, Gong Jinghu, Li Liangguang
The thermal performance of a single straight-through all-glass vacuum heat collecting tube was analyzed and evaluated, based on which, a one-dimensional mathematical model of heat transfer was established, and the iterative temperature solution method was used to analyze the factors affecting the performance of the straight-through all-glass vacuum collector with MATLAB software. Results show that the thermal performance of the collector is significantly influenced by the ambient temperature, wind speed and solar radiation intensity; therefore, the thermal performance can be effectively improved by taking full advantages of the meteorological parameters. The higher the inlet temperature of working fluid is, the lower the instantaneous thermal efficiency would be, with basically constant temperature difference between the inlet and outlet. With an increase in flow rate of the working fluid, the temperature difference between the inlet and outlet declines at first, and then gets stable. Therefore, appropriate operating parameters should be selected in actual applications to optimize the thermal performance of the collector. The accuracy of the model has been verified by experiments, and the thermal performance of the straight-through all-glass vacuum heat collecting tube has been proved to be better than that of the traditional type through comparative experiments.