| Title |
Verification Experiment and Analysis for 6kW Solar Water Heating System. Part 3 : Optimum Design and Economic Evaluation |
| Keywords |
Solar thermal energy ; 태양열 에너지 ; Water heating system ; 온수급탕시스템 ; Simulation ; 시뮬레이션 ; Life cycle cost ; 생애 주기 비용 ; TRNSYS |
| Abstract |
The goal of the present paper is to show the optimum design and operation conditions on 6 kW solar water heating system by using computer simulation with verified modelling. As the object functions, we took not only the amount of acquired and auxiliary heat but LCC, which has a relative importance and decisive role in economy. As expected, the maximum heat is acquired at the slope of collector with the equal degree to the latitude, facing the south. The capacity increase of the circulation pump and the storage tank lead to the increase of acquired heat and the decrease of auxiliary heat, but do not necessarily give economical advantages owing to additional electrical power consumption. In the present system, the minimum LCC can be obtained at the storage tank volume of 450 L and the mass flow rate of 0.344 kg/s. |