Abstract:
This paper is concerned with the design optimization and development of water based active solar space heating system intended for an office room at UET, Taxila Pakistan. For this purpose, a heating system has been designed, optimized and modified through an iterative procedure based on heat transfer and fluid mechanics, which is used to correlate the thermal performance of the system with a number of key design parameters based on local environment conditions and locally available materials. At the end the manufacturing, fabrication and installation of the whole system is carried out. Space heating in Pakistan is usually based on fossil fuels, with a serious environmental impact. Despite the popularity of simple solar domestic hot water systems, active solar space heating remains, for various reasons, marginal. The aim of this thesis is to demonstrate the potential of active solar space heating system technically. The radiator unit, storage tank, heat exchanger and solar collector are the main key components of any active solar space heating system. The optimization procedure is carried out to study the effects of different performance parameters on radiator size, storage tank volume and insulation thickness, heat exchanger and solar collector design. Results of design optimization and modification studies give suggestions and recommendation for effective solutions of the solar heating systems: their type, configuration, sizing and mode of operation for expected large scale application in Pakistan.
Page(s):
143-159
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Proceedings 5th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology , Volume: 0, Issue: 0, Year: 2007