Title :
An estimation approach to effective solar heat gain power
Author :
Cao, Jinling ; Yang, Zunfeng
Author_Institution :
Tianjin Electron.-Inf. Technol. Coll., Tianjin, China
Abstract :
This paper presents a simply but effective solution of measuring the solar heat gain in the solar collector systems. The estimation approach is based on the proportional relationship between effective solar heat gain power and water heating rate under the normal operation conditions. In addition, the measurement data shows that solar heat gain decays with the increasing of desired water temperature. The result of this paper can be used to choose the minimal desired water temperature in the intelligent control design, which can improve the efficiency of sunlight-heat energy conversion in solar collector systems.
Keywords :
estimation theory; intelligent control; solar absorber-convertors; solar heating; sunlight; estimation approach; intelligent control; normal operation; solar collector systems; solar heat gain power; sunlight-heat energy conversion; water heating rate; water temperature; Temperature sensors; Water heating; Solar energy; heating rate method; intelligent control; solar collector system; solar heat gain power;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Application and System Modeling (ICCASM), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Taiyuan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7235-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7237-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICCASM.2010.5622693
