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    The document discusses evacuated tube solar collectors. It begins by explaining the limitations of flat plate collectors and how evacuated tube collectors overcome these limitations by using individual glass tubes that are always perpendicular to the sun's rays. It then describes the key components and workings of evacuated tube collectors, including that they contain a vacuum that acts as an insulator, allowing them to achieve high temperatures. Finally, it briefly outlines the two main types of evacuated tube collectors: low pressure and high pressure.

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    The document discusses evacuated tube solar collectors. It begins by explaining the limitations of flat plate collectors and how evacuated tube collectors overcome these limitations by using individual glass tubes that are always perpendicular to the sun's rays. It then describes the key components and workings of evacuated tube collectors, including that they contain a vacuum that acts as an insulator, allowing them to achieve high temperatures. Finally, it briefly outlines the two main types of evacuated tube collectors: low pressure and high pressure.

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    EVACUATED TUBE COLLECTOR

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    The document discusses evacuated tube solar collectors. It begins by explaining the limitations of flat plate collectors and how evacuated tube collectors overcome these limitations by using individual glass tubes that are always perpendicular to the sun's rays. It then describes the key components and workings of evacuated tube collectors, including that they contain a vacuum that acts as an insulator, allowing them to achieve high temperatures. Finally, it briefly outlines the two main types of evacuated tube collectors: low pressure and high pressure.

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    Evacuated Tube Collector

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    The document discusses evacuated tube solar collectors. It begins by explaining the limitations of flat plate collectors and how evacuated tube collectors overcome these limitations by using individual glass tubes that are always perpendicular to the sun's rays. It then describes the key components and workings of evacuated tube collectors, including that they contain a vacuum that acts as an insulator, allowing them to achieve high temperatures. Finally, it briefly outlines the two main types of evacuated tube collectors: low pressure and high pressure.

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    EVACUATED TUBE COLLECTOR

    INTRODUCTION
    In the previous topic we looked at Solar Flat Plate Collectors
    and saw how they are made, their components, how they are
    working etc.

    While this type of solar hot water systems is cheap and easy to
    install, the problem with flat plate collectors is that they are
    “flat”. This produces one limitation to their efficiency as they
    can only operate at maximum efficiency when the sun is
    directly overhead at midday.
    At other times, the sun’s rays are striking the
    collector at varying angles bouncing off the glazing
    material thereby reducing their efficiency.

    Solar hot water systems that use Evacuated Tube


    Collectors as their heat source overcome this
    problem because the solar collector uses individual
    rounded tubes which are always perpendicular to
    the sun’s rays for most of the day.
    • This allows a solar hot water system using an
    evacuated tube collector to operate at a much high
    efficiency and temperature for a much longer period
    than a conventional single flat plate collector
    installed system.

    • Also the presence of vacuum space between the


    tube help to reduce the amount of heat loss’s by
    convection or conduction in flat plate collector.
    • NOW,
    • The Evacuated tube collector is type of collector
    which consist of rows of parallel, transparent glass
    tubes. Each tube consists of a metallic heat
    absorbing material, usually copper with the entire
    glass tube being “evacuated” of air (hence its
    name) and sealed to form a vacuum within the
    glass tube.
    • This vacuum helps the collector to achieve
    extremely high temperatures as the vacuum acts
    as a highly efficient insulator around the central
    heat absorbing material
    • These glass tubes are cylindrical in shape.
    Therefore, the angle of the sunlight is always
    perpendicular to the heat absorbing tubes which
    enables these collectors to perform well even
    when sunlight is low such as when it is early in the
    morning or late in the afternoon.

    •  Evacuated tube collectors are particularly useful


    in areas with cold, cloudy wintry weathers.

    • The figure below show the semantic view of


    evacuated solar collector.
    TYPES OF EVECUATED TUBE COLLECTOR
    • Mainly there are two types of evacuated tube
    solar collector;

    i. Low pressure evacuated tube collector


    ii. High pressure evacuated tube collector
    Low pressure evacuated tube collector

    • This is vacuum tube solar collector designed for


    active open loop heating systems, in which the
    water is heated directly inside tubes and stored in
    a separated tank.

    • It is incorporated with a number of high efficiency


    all-glass tubes, low pressure header manifold
    and supporting bracket.
    Components of low pressure evacuated
    tube collector
    • The low pressure evacuated tube collectors they are
    made up of the following main components;

    Manifold & Header Pipe


    This is Insulated box housing contain copper header pipe
    (heat exchanger) that the system fluid circulates through.
    • The header pipe is designed for both efficient heat
    transfer and reliability with brazing.
    • Brazing is 45% silver material for optimal strength and
    corrosion resistance.
    Evacuated Tube (ET)
    • Evacuated tubes are made from two glass tubes
    that are fused at the top and the bottom.
    • The space between the tubes is evacuated to form
    an insulating vacuum.
    • The inner tube is coated with a special absorber
    material which absorbs 95% of sunlight,
    converting it into usable heat.
    Heat Pipe (HP)
    • The copper heat pipe absorbs heat from the glass
    wall and the heat transfer fin. A small amount of
    fluid inside the heat pipe turns to steam at only
    around 86degreeF, rapidly transferring heat up to
    the header pipe. Liquid circulates through the
    header pipe carrying away the heat.

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