Evacuated Tube Collectors

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POTENTIAL OF EVACUATED
TUBE COLLECTOR

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Solar Collectors:
Flat Plate Collectors
Evacuated Tube Collectors
Solar Concentrators

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Main Emphasis :
• To reduce heat losses due to
conduction, convection and radiation
• By creating vacuum, Conduction and
Convection losses are nearly zero.
• By proper selective coating (a≈1, ε≈0)
radiative losses are minimized.

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Left Tube = Vacuum Present
Right Tube = Faulty

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Type of
Collector
Conversion
Factor
Thermal Loss
Factor in W/m²
°C
Temperature
Range in °C
Absorber
(uncovered)
0,82 to 0,97 10 to 30 up to 40
Flat-plate collector 0,66 to 0,83 2,9 to 5,3 20 to 80
Evacuated-plate
collector
0,81 to 0,83 2,6 to 4,3 20 to 120
Evacuated-tube
collector
0,62 to 0,84 0,7 to 2,0 50 to 120
Reservoir collector about 0,55 about 2,4 20 to 70
Air collector 0,75 to 0,90 8 to 30 20 to 50

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Efficiency graph of solar collector performance

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Graph of efficiency and temperature ranges of various types of
collectors (radiation: 1000 W/m²)

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21. Prof. M. G. Takwale 21

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24. Prof. M. G. Takwale 24

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Thank you!