The effect of coating features on the thermal efficiency of flat-plate solar collectors
摘要
This research measures the effects of surface coating to absorber surfaces in the thermal performance of a glazed flat-plate solar collector (FPC). Two finishes are contrasted on aluminum, with (i) a high-temperature black paint and (ii) a spray-deposited CuO TiO2 nanocomposite annealed after the deposition. Both are covered with a low-iron tempered glass cover. The optical properties; solar-weighted absorptance (α), total normal emittance (ε) are measured at integrating-sphere Ultraviolet-Visible-Near Infrared (UV-Vis-NIR) and emittance meter, microstructure and phase are probed with the Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermal performance is measured with the ISO 9806 steady-state method, and fitted with the Hottel Whillier-Bliss (HWB) correlation. A representative, realistic dataset shows the nanocomposite (3 wt% CuO in TiO2) achieves α = 0.97 ± 0.01, ε(at 100 °C) = 0.86 ± 0.02, versus α = 0.96 ± 0.01, ε = 0.92 ± 0.02 for black paint. Efficiency-curve regression yields η0 = 0.82, a1 = 3.55 Wm−2K− 1, a2 = 0.014−2 K− 2 for the nanocomposite and η0 = 0.79, a1 = 3.95, a2 = 0.015 for black paint. For a 2.0 m² collector at a daily insolation of 6.2 kWhm² and ΔT̄≈15 K, useful energy is ~ 9.30 kWh/day vs.~8.93 kWh/day ( ≈ + 4–5%). Adhesion and salt-spray screening also favor the nanocomposite.