Experimental and numerical simulation of a storage tank connected to a flat-plate solar collector

Abstract

In this study, the thermo--hydrodynamic behaviour of the heat transfer fluid in a storage tank connected to a domestic solar collector is investigated. In order to do this, a numerical simulation of the fluid inside the storage tank is performed using Ansys Fluent. The numerical results are then compared with experimental measurements, taken from a new design of a flat-plate solar collector, showing a good agreement.