In solar vacuum tube collectors, the insulating effect is achieved by a vacuum in a glass tube or the space of two concentric glass tubes. Evacuated tube solar collector absorbs part of the solar radiation which strikes the outer glass tube. The radiation crosses the vacuum space between the outer and inner pipe without energy loss.
Solar collectors aim to convert solar radiation into thermal energy reducing heat losses. The vacuum tube solar collector consists of a set of cylindrical tubes. The tubes are made up of a selective absorber on a reflective seat and surrounded by a transparent glass cylinder.
Direct flow vacuum solar collectors have a central heat collector from the primary circuit in the upper part of the tube. Each tube is connected to this collector using an outward and a return circuit (sometimes they can reach 20 tubes).
Water fills the inner vacuum tube and is heated internally by the sun (just like liquid in a thermos). Warm water is lighter than cold water and rises to the top of the tube where it fills the collector. The heavier cold water sinks to the bottom of the vacuum tube to replace the heated water and to be reheated by the sun.
Evacuated tube solar thermal collectors consist of a heat pipe filled with a liquid inside a glass enclosure (Fig. 8.2). The thermal energy from the sun is captured, and the heat is transferred to the working fluid while undergoing a phase change: evaporation and condensation cycles. Figure 8.2.
The benefits of vacuum tube collectors versus flat solar collectors are explained below. Evacuated tube solar collectors are cheaper than flat solar collectors. Nowadays, the price has improved due to the growing demand, experience, and new tube manufacturing technologies.
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