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September 21, 2025

Experimental Investigation and Performance Analysis of Flat Plate Solar Collector Having Distilled Water as the Heat Transfer Fluid

Key Points

The experimental setup demonstrated notable collector efficiency improvements when using distilled water as the heat transfer fluid.
Under fixed artificial solar intensity of 500 W/m2, the best performance was observed at a flow rate of 0.0085 kg/sec, with specific heat parameters calculated.
Performance parameters including collector efficiency and heat removal rate were graphed, illustrating relationships and uncertainties during testing.
Integrating such a solar collector system on naval ships could significantly reduce the energy required for propulsion, highlighting its practical applications.

Abstract

This novel work consisted of analysing the performance of Flat plate solar collector (FPSC) mathematically on a new novel experimental set up. Firstly, the experiments were performed on a machine procured from ECOSENSE sustainable solutions private limited, which is a sustainable solar thermal training system. The inlet temperature, outlet temperature, plate temperature, and storage tank temperature were noted by experimenting under artificial solar simulator having a fixed intensity of 500 W/m2 at various flow rates of HTF (Heat transfer fluid) which is water, such as 0.0085 kg/sec, 0.012 kg/sec and 0.017 kg/sec. The calculated performance parameters were collector efficiency, heat removal rate, collector efficiency factor, and total heat loss coefficient. They were analysed and studied graphically along with the related uncertainty and uncertainties values propagated to calculated results at a flow rate of .0085 kg/sec. Such kind of apparatus when coupled to naval ships can offer sustainable solutions in terms of the energy needed to propel the ships.

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