Modeling and optimizing the thermodynamics of a flat plate solar collector in transient mode for economic purposes
Faouzi Didi,
Ebraheem Abdu Musad Saleh,
Abhinav Kumar,
Ahmed Alawadi,
Ali Alsaalamy,
Taif Alawsi,
Reza Alayi,
Hasan Hosseinzadeh,
Reza Morovati
Affiliations
Faouzi Didi
Department of Common Core in Technology, Laboratory of Renewable Energies and Materials (LREM), University Yahia Fares of Medea, 26.000, Medea, Algeria
Ebraheem Abdu Musad Saleh
Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Humanities in Al-Kharj, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, 11942, Saudi Arabia
Abhinav Kumar
Department of Nuclear and Renewable Energy, Ural Federal University Named after the First President of Russia Boris Yeltsin, Ekaterinburg 620002, Russia
Ahmed Alawadi
College of Technical Engineering, The Islamic University, Najaf, Iraq
Ali Alsaalamy
College of Technical Engineering, Imam Ja’afar Al‐Sadiq University, Al‐Muthanna 66002, Iraq
Taif Alawsi
Scientific Research Center, Al-Ayen University, Thi-Qar, Iraq
Reza Alayi
Department of Mechanics, Germi Branch, Islamic Azad University, Germi, Iran
Hasan Hosseinzadeh
Department of Mathematics, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran
This study aims to optimize the economic thermodynamics of a flat plate solar collector and investigate transient heat transfer. This study focuses on modeling and optimization under unfavorable radiation conditions. The method employed here is optimization using a multi-objective genetic algorithm with the assistance of MATLAB software. The key components include objective functions, constraints, and design variables, which are the collector efficiency and the annual total price. The results indicate that increasing the length of the collector has a negative impact on the thermodynamic efficiency and increases the total annual price. Conversely, increasing the width of the collector initially improves the thermodynamic efficiency but then decreases it while also increasing the total annual price. Furthermore, increasing the number of pipes leads to a decrease in the total annual price and an initial increase followed by a decrease in the thermodynamic efficiency. The research was conducted over four different days.
