Useful Heat Gain
Useful heat gain is defined as the rate of heat transfer to the working fluid.
Symbol: qu
Measurement: PowerUnit: W
Note: Value can be positive or negative.
Mass Flowrate
Mass flowrate is the mass moved in unit amount of time.
Symbol: m
Measurement: Mass Flow RateUnit: kg/s
Note: Value can be positive or negative.
Molar Specific Heat Capacity at Constant Pressure
Molar Specific Heat Capacity at Constant Pressure, (of a gas) is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 mol of the gas by 1 °C at the constant pressure.
Symbol: Cp molar
Measurement: Molar Specific Heat Capacity at Constant PressureUnit: J/K*mol
Note: Value should be greater than 0.
Concentration Ratio
Concentration ratio is defined as the ratio of the effective area of aperture to the surface area of the absorber.
Symbol: C
Measurement: NAUnit: Unitless
Note: Value can be positive or negative.
Flux Absorbed by Plate
Flux absorbed by plate is defined as the incident solar flux absorbed in the absorber plate.
Symbol: Sflux
Measurement: Heat Flux DensityUnit: J/sm²
Note: Value can be positive or negative.
Overall Loss Coefficient
Overall loss coefficient is defined as the heat loss from collector per unit area of absorber plate and temperature difference between absorber plate and surrounding air.
Symbol: Ul
Measurement: Heat Transfer CoefficientUnit: W/m²*K
Note: Value should be greater than 0.
Ambient Air Temperature
Ambient Air Temperature is the temperature of the surrounding medium.
Symbol: Ta
Measurement: TemperatureUnit: K
Note: Value should be greater than 0.
Inlet fluid Temperature Flat Plate Collector
Inlet fluid temperature flat plate collector is defined as the temperature at which the liquid enters the liquid flat plate collector.
Symbol: Tfi
Measurement: TemperatureUnit: K
Note: Value can be positive or negative.
Collector Efficiency Factor
Collector efficiency factor is defined as the ratio of the actual thermal collector power to the power of an ideal collector whose absorber temperature is equal to the fluid temperature.
Symbol: F′
Measurement: NAUnit: Unitless
Note: Value can be positive or negative.
Outer Diameter of Absorber Tube
Outer diameter of absorber tube is the measurement of the outside edges of the tube passing through its center.
Symbol: Do
Measurement: LengthUnit: m
Note: Value can be positive or negative.
Length of Concentrator
Length of concentrator is the length of concentrator from one end to other end.
Symbol: L
Measurement: LengthUnit: m
Note: Value can be positive or negative.