Abstract
Domestic Solar Water Heating systems (SWHs) have very low penetration specifically in the rural areas of Northern, Eastern and North-Eastern Himalayan States as the present SWHs are expensive, non-availability of good sun shine hours and weak manufacturing base & supply chain of this product in selected states of India. The paper is focused on design and field performance of developed low cost solar water heater for domestic applications for the rural areas of Himalayan regions. Field Performance data of Portable Solar Water Heating System (PSWHs) has been recorded during summer and winter months. It is observed that on solar Global Radiation of 3.28 kWh/m2, the maximum temperature of hot water has reached 69 °C at ambient temperature of 27 °C within four to five hours showing a temperature difference of 42 °C and maximum thermal efficiency of 74%.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 743-748 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | International Journal of Renewable Energy Research |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
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