ETUDE DES PERFORMANCES THERMIQUES D'UN CAPTEUR SOLAIRE CURVILIGNE A AIR

Abstract

This work presents an experimental investigation of flat curvilinear collector (FCC). The main objective of this work is to study the thermal and effectiveness efficiencies of FCC and to get an idea about the air temperature distribution in the channel duct of FCC for different air flow rates. This experiment was carried out in outdoor environmental conditions in the University of Biskra, Algeria. It can be noted from the results that; the thermal and the effectiveness efficiencies increase with the increase in the air flow rate. However, the sensitivity of the FCC to the environmental parameters is higher when the air flow rate increase. Keywords: Solar flat curvilinear collector, effectiveness efficiency, thermal performance.