Table 1 Impact of collector inlet heights (hi) on the performance of SC plant.
Author | Studied parameters | Observations | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
Kasaeian et al.8 | Numerical and analytical study on the effect of collector inlets of 6, 8, and 12 cm on velocity and temperature | 6 cm collector through showed maximum velocity and temperature | No optimum entrance value is studied |
Patel et al.9 | Collector inlet height varies from 0.05 and 0.2 m in the numerical study | The opening of 0.05 m is the best choice | No optimum value is studied |
Vieira et al.10 | Numerical work to investigate the effect of collector inlet | No significant effect has been noted | No question of optimum value |
Ghalamchi et al.11 | Collector entrance length varied for 0.04, 0.06, 0.1 and 0.14 m, experimentally | 0.06 m shows the maximum velocity | The optimum condition is not studied |
Toghraie et al.12 | Numerical study varying collector inlet from 1 to 10 m on efficiency and power | Power and efficiency are high at low inlet height | No optimum height is investigated |
Yapici et al.13 | Inlet height is varied from 4 to 10 cm, numerical work | The optimal dimension for peak performance is 6 cm | – |
Golzardi et al.14 | Experimental assessment by varying collector entrances | In one geometry, decrease in collector entrance gains exit velocity (17%) and energy transfer (62%). Other geometry by dropping 16 to 8 cm results 13% and 37% improvement | No optimum value is investigated |
Mandal et al.2 | Numerical as well as experimental investigation for performance | Effective at some value of inlet height | Optimum value is noted |
