CFD Simulation of Weather Condition Effect on The Performance of Dual Purpose Solar Collector

Abstract

In this research, study the performance of dual purpose solar thermal collector

numerically simulation was done. The study included studying a new type of absorber plate and water pipes distribution. The simulation part of this research is done by using COMSOL Multiphysics program version 5.5. The new type was corrugated absorber plate with (2*1) m dimensions and zig-zag water pipes with (0.01) m diameter passage through the absorber plate. The effect of solar irradiance, ambient temperature, wind speed, water volumetric flow and inlet water temperature on the performance of the dual purpose solar thermal collector was studied. The numerical simulation results that the maximum error between present work and the previous experimental work was 2.4%., and also that when the solar irradiance, inlet water temperature and ambient temperature increases the outlet temperature increases, but it is decreases with the wind speed.