Investigating of the thermal performance of utilised materials for an Integrated Collector Storage Solar Water Heater

Abstract

Experiments are developed to investigate the performance of utilised materials for an environmental-friendly integrated collector storage (ICS) prototype as a solar water heater (SWH). The types of material of collectors have been investigated rigorously in order to obtain a real-dimensional curve of the deployed concentrator in the system. The parabola coordinates were found based on the observed variations of involute concentrator’s angle (ψ) and Parabolic concentrator’s angle (ω). The mean daily efficiency and the overnight thermal losses coefficient of mirror booster, steel sheet, and aluminum foil were calculated. The results are presented in the graphs.