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Day 2 – Solar Cooling Conference - 12/04/2013Venue: CSIRO, North Ryde, Sydney

Timothy AndersonTimothy AndersonTimothy AndersonTimothy Anderson1111 ,Mike Duke,Mike Duke,Mike Duke,Mike Duke2222, and James Carson, and James Carson, and James Carson, and James Carson2222

1 School of Engineering, Auckland University of Technology

2 School of Engineering, University of Waikato


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� Demand for cooling can be more significant than for heating in Australia

� Unglazed solar collectors have often been used a means of providing low cost heating to swimming poolsto swimming pools

� Under night conditions when there is no solar radiation and the sky temperature is low, unglazed collectors can radiate heat to the sky


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� Unglazed collectors are typically polymer style “mats” that are laid on top of a roof, often leading to poor often leading to poor aesthetics due to their lack of integration

� Want to integrate into the building not ontothe building

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� Long run metal roofing is widely used for domestic, commercial and industrial applicationsapplications

� Can be used for low temperature pool heating through to domestic water heating

� High emissivity polyester paint surface


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� Long run roofing made of coloured steel

� Cooling trough added to profileadded to profile

� Channels formed in the trough are enclosed forming a riser tube having an inlet and outlet at opposite ends


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� Grey absorber

� 1-D steady state thermal model

� In the absence of solar radiation the collector radiation the collector acts as a radiator

� Steady state outdoor thermal test

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Absorber thickness t 0.5 mmTube Hydraulic

Diameterdh 8.5 mm

Tube Spacing W 0.22 mInsulation Conductivity k 0.045 W/mK

Back Insulation Thickness

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Absorber Conductivity kabs 50 W/mK

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� Collectors coupled to a cylinder which was heated during the day then cooled at night

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� Potential to use large areas of collector to operate in heating mode during daytime, 40

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� Four cities chosen for examination, Auckland, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth

� Sky temperature is 1500

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� Sky temperature depression ignores the influence of convective heat transfer

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� Stagnation temperature below the ambient temperature

� Perth and Sydney seem most suitable

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� Able to achieve cooling in the order of 50W/m2 (temperatures of ~10ºC observed)

� Well suited for moderate cooling loads under summer conditions if storage used

� Sydney and Perth a system area of 100m2� Sydney and Perth a system area of 100m2

averaging a radiant heat loss of 50W/m2 may be able to be used for approximately 2000h annually; this would lead to cooling of approximately 10000kWh/annum.


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