YANGON TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

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Roadmap

Time Frame
Expected
outcomes
Methodology
& Literature
Objectives Review
Problem
Statement

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Problem Statement

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 Solutions To The Problem

Using non-renewable Accessing electricity Using sustainable

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Design of Thermosyphon Solar
Water Heater
Supervised by

Dr. Akari San Win

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 Objectives
• To provide a solution for water
heating problem to the people at
cold regions and places without
electricity
• To offer lower electricity prices
• To achieve a sustainable system with
no emission.
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 Methodology
Thermosyphon System
A type of passive heating system in which the denser (colder) portion of water goes down
moving less dense (hotter) water to the storage tank at the top.

Advantages
• Easy to install and maintain
• Simple and cheap.

Disadvantages
• Cannot be used in hard water areas
• Cannot be used at icy climates

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Methodology
Thermosyphon Solar Water Heater

a
c

a = storage tank
b
b = flat plate collector
c = cold water inlet
d = hot water outlet
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 Methodology
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Myitkyina

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Regions of Focus
. Kalay

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25
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Kyaing Tong

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Myitkyina Kyaing Tong Kalay
Kachin Shan Sagaing
Average lowest T (°C) Average highest T (°C)
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Methodology 𝑄𝑜
𝑄𝑢
Storage
tank
= collector heat input (W)
= heat loss (W) 𝑄𝑖
= useful energy gain (W)
= heat stored at the storage tank (W)
= Intensity of solar radiation (W/m2) 𝑄𝑖 =𝐼 𝜏𝛼 𝐴
= transmittance of solar radiation 𝑄𝑜 =𝑈 𝐿 𝐴(𝑇 𝑐 − 𝑇 𝑎)
= absorptance of solar radiation
𝑄𝑢 =𝑄𝑖 − 𝑄𝑜
= collector area (m2)
= collector overall heat lost coefficient (W/m2) 𝑄 𝑠𝑡 =𝜌 𝑉 𝑠𝑡 𝑐 𝑤 (𝑇 𝑜 −𝑇 𝑖)
= collector average temperature (°C)
= ambient temperature (°C) = density of water (kg/m3)
= outlet water temperature (°C) =volume of storage tank (m3)
= inlet water temperature (°C) = specific heat capacity of water (4182 J/kg°C) 10
Literature Review
No. Title Author Knowledge

1 A Review : Solar Water Heating Systems Tadvi Sachin Vinubhai, Jain Solar water
Vishal R, Dr. Keyur Thakkar heating systems
Modeling and Simulation of Solar Water Heating Hot water
2 System with Thermal Storage Ahmed Mohamed Aisa demand, Collector
sizing
PAUK KYAW MA,
3 Design of Thermosyphon Solar Water Heating EIEITHAR, SU PON CHIT, Solar irradiance
System at Banmaw in Myanmar NAN SEIN MYA
Experimental Validation of Hottel's
4 Transmittance Model for Estimating Beam Edeoja, Alex Okibe and Beam radiation
Radiation in Makurdi Location Eloka-Eboka, C. Andrew transmittance

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Expected Outcomes
• Sizing of storage tank
• Required thermal energy
• Solar irradiance at each place
• Heat losses
• Sizing of collector

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 Thesis Time frame
June July August
week 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Literature Review

Title Defense

Calculation

First seminar

Second seminar

Book Writing

Defense

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References
• “A Review: Solar Water Heating Systems” by Tadvi Sachin Vinubhai, Jain Vishal R, and Dr. Keyur Thakkar
• “Experimental Validation of Hottel’s Transmittance Model for Estimating Beam Radiation In Makurdi
Location” by Edeoja, Alex Okibe and 1Eloka-Eboka, C. Andrew
• “Modeling and simulation of solar water heating system with Thermal storage” by Ahmed Mohamed Aisa
• “Analysis of a Flat-plate Solar Collector” by Fabio Struckmann Dept. of Energy Sciences, Faculty of
Engineering, Lund University, Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden
• https://solargis.com/maps-and-gis-data/download/myanmar
• https://images.app.goo.gl/DRhMNyNp6M6bxZfk9
• https://images.app.goo.gl/UR4xNqFv9Kv4NA8t7
• https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climateobserved/nay-pyi-taw_myanmar_6611854
• https://www.ecplaza.net/products/flat-plate-thermosyphon-collector-integrated-solar_4603036
• https://www.energy.gov/energysaver
/solar-water-heaters#:~:text=There%20are%20two%20types%20of,passive%2C%20which%20don’t.
• https://www.appropedia.org/Thermosiphon

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Thank You Very Much.

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