Moss, Roger W., Shire, G. S. F., Eames, Philip C., Henshall, Paul, Hyde, T. and Arya, Farid (2017) Data for Design and commissioning of a virtual image solar simulator for testing thermal collectors. [Dataset]

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Abstract

A solar simulator has been designed and built for testing prototype (0.5×0.5 m) flat plate thermal collectors. An internally reflecting light tube generates multiple virtual images of the four halogen floodlights to ensure uniform illumination. Ray-tracing simulations were used to choose the tube dimensions and maximum allowable clearance. Illumination measurements agree well with these predictions.

The visible & near IR spectrum appears to follow a black body curve. In the absence of a “cold sky” IR filter there is a secondary, long wavelength IR spectral component that causes heating of the cover glass on a solar flat plate collector. The cover glass temperature can be maintained at typical outdoor levels using a cooling fan. The design would be well suited to LED illumination.

Simulation of solar collector response to this spectrum shows that an efficiency based on pyranometer readings is approximately 1% higher than would be obtained with an AM1.5 spectrum.

Item Type:	Dataset
Subjects:	T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Engineering
Type of Data:	Matlab code, figure and data files
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Solar collectors -- Research, Solar energy -- Research, Heat storage devices
Publisher:	School of Engineering, University of Warwick
Official Date:	23 November 2017
Dates:	Date Event 30 June 2017 Created 23 November 2017 Published
Collection date:	Date from Date to February 2014 July 2017
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Description:	This code runs in Matlab r2017a. Typically a script file will either produce a single figure or is designed to be run in sections, producing one graph after another. The function files are almost always called by script files.
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:	Project/Grant ID RIOXX Funder Name Funder ID EP/K009915/1 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000266 EP/K010107/1 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000266 EP/K009230/1 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000266
Related URLs:	Related item in WRAP
Contributors:	Contribution Name Contributor ID Depositor Moss, Roger 58697

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