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Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Frank Kreith, Susan Krumdieck
August 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
790 pages
30h 5m
English
CRC Press
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362 Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems
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In order to construct a model suitable for a thermal analysis of a at-plate collector, the
following simplifying assumptions will be made:
1. The collector is thermally in steady state.
2. The temperature drop between the top and bottom of the absorber plate is
negligible.
3. Heat ow is one-dimensional through the cover as well as through the back
insulation.
4. The headers connecting the tubes cover only a small area of the collector and pro-
vide uniform ow to the tubes.
5. The sky can be treated as though it were a black-body source for infrared radiation ...
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ISBN: 9781466556966