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anghel April 9, 2014 05:38

Parabolic solar collector
 
Hello

The data are the following: I have a copper pipe through which a heat transfer fluid is circulated, the pipe is placed under the free light of the Sun and to amplify the transmitted heat from the sun I put a aluminum pipe cut on generators.

At this time I was able to simulate the influence of the sun on copper pipe.

My questions are:
1. Can I simulate the heat transmitted from the sun on the aluminum surface and then reflected on copper pipe?
2. Should I first simulate convection and radiation between aluminum and copper in another program and will then introduce them in Fluent?

Thanks

http://i59.tinypic.com/2q9ctoh.jpg

Muhammed_iraq October 23, 2014 16:48

Fluent
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by anghel (Post 484872)
Hello

The data are the following: I have a copper pipe through which a heat transfer fluid is circulated, the pipe is placed under the free light of the Sun and to amplify the transmitted heat from the sun I put a aluminum pipe cut on generators.

At this time I was able to simulate the influence of the sun on copper pipe.

My questions are:
1. Can I simulate the heat transmitted from the sun on the aluminum surface and then reflected on copper pipe?
2. Should I first simulate convection and radiation between aluminum and copper in another program and will then introduce them in Fluent?

Thanks

http://i59.tinypic.com/2q9ctoh.jpg

Dear anghel
How are you?
Please how can i obtain solar radiation on absorber pipe and make it as a heat flux boundary condition by ANSYS-FLUENT?

Many Thanks

belkhir72 March 11, 2017 10:14

hi
did you get the answer of your 1st question !!

Muhammed_iraq March 12, 2017 16:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by belkhir72 (Post 640379)
hi
did you get the answer of your 1st question !!

No i did not receive any reply yet


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