Exergetic Studies on Domestic and Industrial Solar Water Heaters

Yakoob Kolipak¹

¹Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Christu Jyoti Institute of Technology & Science, Warangal, A.P., India

Abstract

For a Solar Water Heater, solar energy coming from sun in the form of solar radiations in infinite amount, when these solar radiations falls on any absorbing surface, then they gets converted into the heat, this heat is used for heating the water. Present study based on exergy theory. Exergy analysis is conducted with an objective of providing methods to save cost and to increase the efficiency of solar water heater. The calculation of exergy losses is also done. To optimize and allocate losses in energy systems exergy analysis has been widely used. Exergy is the indication for loss of available energy due to the creation of entropy in irreversible thermal systems or thermodynamic processes. The exergy loss in a system or process component is decided by multiplying the absolute temperature of the surroundings by the entropy increase. Exergy is defined as a maximum useful work that can be done by a system interacting with an environment. In the design, simulation and performance evaluation of energy systems Exergy analysis has been widely used.

Keywords

• Thermodynamic process, exergy analysis, energy systems

Author's Profile

Author profile can be generated and linked through our partners World Book of Researchers. To include your profile online Click Here. After it is approved, please email to edlib @ asdf.res.in to create a link with all the papers.

• Yakoob Kolipak : Profile

e-AID

Cite this Article as Follows

Yakoob Kolipak. Exergetic Studies on Domestic and Industrial Solar Water Heaters. International Conference on Information Engineering, Management and Security 2014. Vol. 1. Chennai: Association of Scientists, Developers and Faculties, 2014. 204-211. Print.