Performance enhancement of selective layer coated on solar absorber panel with reflector for water heater by response surface method: A case study

C. Ramesh; M. Vijayakumar; Saad Alshahrani; G. Navaneethakrishnan; R. Palanisamy; Natrayan L; C Ahamed Saleel; Asif Afzal; Saboor Shaik; Hitesh Panchal

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering (Aug 2022)

Performance enhancement of selective layer coated on solar absorber panel with reflector for water heater by response surface method: A case study

C. Ramesh,
M. Vijayakumar,
Saad Alshahrani,
G. Navaneethakrishnan,
R. Palanisamy,
Natrayan L,
C Ahamed Saleel,
Asif Afzal,
Saboor Shaik,
Hitesh Panchal

Affiliations

C. Ramesh: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kalaignar Karunanidhi Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, 641402, Tamilnadu, India
M. Vijayakumar: Department of Mechanical Engineering, JCT College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, 641105, Tamilnadu, India
Saad Alshahrani: Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, PO Box 394, Abha, 61421, Saudi Arabia; Corresponding author.
G. Navaneethakrishnan: Department of Mechanical Engineering, K.Ramakrishnan College of Technology, Trichy, 621112, Tamilnadu, India
R. Palanisamy: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, 603203, India
Natrayan L: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Chennai, 602 105, Tamil Nadu, India
C Ahamed Saleel: Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, PO Box 394, Abha, 61421, Saudi Arabia
Asif Afzal: Department of Mechanical Engineering, P. A. College of Engineering (Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgavi), Mangaluru, 574153, India; University Centre for Research & Development, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Mohali, Punjab, India; Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Technology, Glocal University, Delhi-Yamunotri Marg, SH-57, Mirzapur Pole, Saharanpur District, Uttar Pradesh, 247121, India; Corresponding author.
Saboor Shaik: School of Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, 632014, Tamil Nadu, India
Hitesh Panchal: Mechanical Engineering Department, Government Engineering College Patan, Gujarat, India; Corresponding author.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 36
p. 102093

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In solar thermal applications, the performance of a solar absorber panel with a reflector is critical. In sense, different absorbers are used to enhance thermal efficiency. In addition to this, various coatings on solar absorber panels are introduced, and the performance of the same coated panels are examined with experimental study by design of experiment concept. For the reason, this work utilized the black-chrome coating (BC) and nickel-cobalt-coating (Ni-Co) on copper solar absorber panel. The reflectors were also used to maximize the incident solar radiation on the absorber. In this experiment the process variables are flow rate, collector angle, and reflector angle and the thermal efficiency of solar panel is the response. The response surface methodology with Box Behnken design is used to collect the experimental data from experimental setup. The collected data from designed experiment are analyzed by using Analysis of Variance Table (ANOVA). From this the coating on the absorber panel and reflectors are improved the thermal efficiency up to 89.3% of the Black – Chrome solar flat plate collector than Ni-Co panel.

Published in Case Studies in Thermal Engineering

ISSN: 2214-157X (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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