Development of a design tool for sizing and optimizing thermosyphon solar water heater systems : a case study for Tripoli-Libya

Other Title(s)

تطوير أداة تصميم لتحجيم و تحسين آداء منظومات الطاقة الشمسية لتسخين المياه ذات الدوران الطبيعي : دراسة حالة - طرابلس ليبيا

Joint Authors

Abd al-Nabi, Muhammad Jumah R.
Loveday, D. L.
Wright, J. A.

Source

Solar Energy and Sustainable Development

Issue

Vol. 8, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2019), pp.1-11, 11 p.

Publisher

Center for Solar Energy Research and Studies

Publication Date

2019-06-30

Country of Publication

Libya

No. of Pages

11

Main Subjects

Engineering & Technology Sciences (Multidisciplinary)

Abstract EN

Thermosyphon solar water heaters can be considered the most popular solar technology for supplying households with the needed hot water for domestic purposes.

However, sizing these systems is mainly based on experience and trial methods, these methods were established more on intuition instead of scientific approaches.

This paper is aimed at studying the sizing of thermosyphon systems through the development of a dedicated generic design tool.

The tool can be utilized by manufacturers and engineers to arrive at optimized systems designed according to the operating and weather conditions of certain geographical locations.

The design tool is implemented in this study to find the optimum system design that fits households in Libya (as a case study in this work) and accounts for the weather conditions of Tripoli and a simple, but representative, hot water load pattern.

Two different sizes of thermosyphon systems covers hot water load of 180 lit and 240 lit, and two different configurations with vertical and horizontal tanks are studied and the best fit designs are obtained.

The design tool has shown a great potential, and with further development and validation would be capable of widespread commercial application.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Abd al-Nabi, Muhammad Jumah R.& Loveday, D. L.& Wright, J. A.. 2019. Development of a design tool for sizing and optimizing thermosyphon solar water heater systems : a case study for Tripoli-Libya. Solar Energy and Sustainable Development،Vol. 8, no. 1, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1414321

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Abd al-Nabi, Muhammad Jumah R.…[et al.]. Development of a design tool for sizing and optimizing thermosyphon solar water heater systems : a case study for Tripoli-Libya. Solar Energy and Sustainable Development Vol. 8, no. 1 (Jun. 2019), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1414321

American Medical Association (AMA)

Abd al-Nabi, Muhammad Jumah R.& Loveday, D. L.& Wright, J. A.. Development of a design tool for sizing and optimizing thermosyphon solar water heater systems : a case study for Tripoli-Libya. Solar Energy and Sustainable Development. 2019. Vol. 8, no. 1, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1414321

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references : p. 10-11

Record ID

BIM-1414321