Influência da vazão de água sobre o rendimento de um coletor solar plano construído em termoplástico

It was evaluated the thermal performance of a flat solar collector built in thermoplastic in actual operating conditions, recording the temperatures of inlet and water outlet plate by four distinct flows of water: 0.026 kg s-1, 0.04 kg s-1, 0.054 kg s-1 and 0.068 kg s-1. The tests were performed in the Laboratory of Thermodynamics and Energy, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering of Unicamp. Based on the values ​​of water temperature at the inlet and outlet plates, were calculated values ​​of thermal power [W m- 2]. The highest daily average thermal power (753 W m-2) was obtained for the flow of 0.054 kg s- 1. For higher flow (0.068 kg s-1) thermal power was similar to that obtained for the flow 0.04 kgs-1 (715 W m-2), showing the existence of a great flow operation.