Experimental Investigation Of Integrated Collector Storage Solar Water Heater

Abstract

Application of solar energy has tremendously grown in the past due to the depletion of fossil fuels. This direct renewable energy is a in exhaustive source of energy. The power from the sun intercepted by the earth is approximately 1.8×1011 MW. The characteristics of sun, solar energy measuring equipments, discussion on the thermal losses, and efficiency of flat plate collector are dealt in this project. The Integrated Collector Storage (ICS) is the type solar water heater that has retained its existence for well over a century. The flat absorber plate ICS collector type is a relatively recent addition. An attempt is being made to increase the efficiency of the integrated collector storage by analyzing the design, material selection. The efficiency has been found for various mass flow rates and different tilt angles and it was found that efficiency is higher for lower mass flow rate of 0.004ml/s.