Design, fabrication and experimental study of a novel loop-heat-pipe based solar thermal facade water heating system

Peng Xu, Jingchun Shen, Xingxing Zhang, Wei He, Xudong Zhao

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Abstract

This paper investigated a novel loop-heat-pipe based solar thermal facade heat-pump system for hot water from concept design, prototype fabrication and experimental test. Given the specific testing conditions, the solar thermal efficiency of the facade module achieved nearly 0.71 in average and the mean system's COP was about 5.0. It is expected that such novel LHP based solar thermal facade technology would further contributed to the development of the renewable (solar) driven heating/hot water service and therefore lead to significant environmental benefits.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)566-571
JournalEnergy Procedia
Volume75
Early online date28 Aug 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished Online - 28 Aug 2015
EventThe 7th International Conference on Applied Energy – ICAE2015 -
Duration: 2 Jan 0001 → …

Keywords

  • Heat pump
  • Loop heat pipe
  • Solar
  • Thermal facade

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