Modeling and optimizing the thermodynamics of a flat plate solar collector in transient mode for economic purposes
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Abstract
This study aims to optimize the economic thermodynamics of a flat plate solar collector and investigate transient heat transfer. This study focuses on modeling and optimization under unfavorable radiation conditions. The method employed here is optimization using a multi-objective genetic algorithm with the assistance of MATLAB software. The key components include objective functions, constraints, and design variables, which are the collector efficiency and the annual total price. The results indicate that increasing the length of the collector has a negative impact on the thermodynamic efficiency and increases the total annual price. Conversely, increasing the width of the collector initially improves the thermodynamic efficiency but then decreases it while also increasing the total annual price. Furthermore, increasing the number of pipes leads to a decrease in the total annual price and an initial increase followed by a decrease in the thermodynamic efficiency. The research was conducted over four different days.
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OpenAlex topics: Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems · Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics · Heat Transfer Mechanisms
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Affiliations
1 Department of Common Core in Technology, Laboratory of Renewable Energies and Materials (LREM), University Yahia Fares of Medea, 26.000, Medea, Algeria
2 Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Humanities in Al-Kharj, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, 11942, Saudi Arabia
Department of Nuclear and Renewable Energy, Ural Federal University Named after the First President of Russia Boris Yeltsin 3 , Ekaterinburg 620002, Russia
College of Technical Engineering, The Islamic University 4 , Najaf, Iraq
College of Technical Engineering, The Islamic University of Al Diwaniyah 5 , Al-Qādisiyyah, Iraq
College of Technical Engineering, The Islamic University of Babylon 6 , Babylon, Iraq
College of Technical Engineering, Imam Ja’afar Al-Sadiq University 7 , Al-Muthanna 66002, Iraq
Scientific Research Center, Al-Ayen University 8 , Thi-Qar, Iraq
Department of Laser and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Technology 9 , Baghdad, Iraq
Department of Mechanics, Germi Branch, Islamic Azad University 10 , Germi, Iran
Department of Mathematics, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University 11 , Ardabil, Iran
Kabul University 12 , Kabul, Afghanistan
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