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Experiment 01

Determining the thermal power of the PVT panel

Objective: Understanding the instantaneous thermal power


(Develop an understanding of the thermal power of plane panels)
Operating instructions and procedure:

• Make sure that the PVT is facing south and define the title angle.
• Turn on the main switch of the collector.
• Fill the PVT with water (water is the circulating fluid).
• Open the valves of the coils inside the boiler so water from the PVT can start flowing.
• Turn on the pump.
• Record the measured temperature and flow rate values to the given table.
• Record the values read by luxmeter.
• Repeat the same procedure for different angles.

Tilt angle of the PVT panel (β) 15 30 45 60

Water temperature at the inlet of the PVT T1 (℃)


Water temperature at the outlet of the PVT T2 (℃)

Water temperature in the boiler T3 (℃)

Water flow rateV̇water(L/h)


Lux (x10-3)

Calculations:

Thermal capacity: Q̇ = V̇water ρwater Cp,water (T2 − T1 )


kg
ρwater ≈ 1000
m3

kJ
Cp,water ≈ 4.187 kg . K

Question:
1. Find the thermal capacity and efficiency of the solar collector panel using necessary equations.
2. Draw an angle-thermal capacity curve for the measured values. Also draw an angle-efficiency curve and write
your comment about it.
3. Find the best tilt angle using the relations between angles for the specified location and time, compared it to
the best tilt angle found by the experiment.
4. Write your conclusion.
Experiment 02
examination of the effect of the title angle on PVT’s electrical capacity
Objectives: the objective of this experiment is to observe the change on the measured current and voltage values at
different tilt angles.
Operating instructions and procedure:

• Adjust the tilt angel so that the sun light come with a 90o angle.
• Connect the cables as shown in the figure below.
• Measure the current and voltage of the PVT and record them to the table given below.
• Record the values read by luxmeter.
• Repeat the same procedure for different angles.

Angle (o) 60 45 30 15

Voltage, V (V)

Current, Ic (A)

Lux (x10-3)

Power, P (W)

Efficiency %

Calculations:

Electrical efficiency:
𝑷(𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄)
𝜼= 𝑰𝒕 𝑨

𝑾 𝑳𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝟎. 𝟎𝟔𝟕 (𝑾)


𝑰𝒕 ( 𝟐
) = 𝑳𝒖𝒙 ( 𝟐
)×
𝒎 𝒎 𝟏 (𝑳𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒔)

P = V𝑰𝒄 (W)

𝑰𝒄 = Electric current (A)

Questions:
1. Calculate the generated power and collector efficiency using necessary equations.
2. Draw an angle-power curve for the measured values. Also draw an angle-efficiency curve and write your
comment about it.
3. Find the best tilt angle using the relations between angles for the specified location and time, compared it to
the best tilt angle found by the experiment.
4. Write your conclusion.

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