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Irradiance characteristic of a small-scale solar simulator for testing thermal collectors
- Source :
- E3S Web of Conferences, Vol 112, p 02012 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- EDP Sciences, 2019.
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Abstract
- This paper describes the development of a small-scale solar simulator for research and educational purposes. The main goal is to provide a uniform and stable distribution of irradiation from a set of four floodlight halogen lamps, over a targeted area of 40x40 cm2. The floodlights are placed perpendicularly to each other, on the top end of a light tube. Two types of halogen lamps were characterised and the total irradiation of the solar simulator was measured over a 5x5 grid. The results showed that the two arrangements of lamps are able to achieve a level of 1000 W/m2 on the 40x40 cm2 targeted area, but the non-uniformity is unsatisfactory. In order to reach a non-uniformity level of 10% using the proposed lamps arrangements, the targeted area should be reduced to 31x31 cm2.
- Subjects :
- Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English, French
- ISSN :
- 22671242
- Volume :
- 112
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- E3S Web of Conferences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.1b7983442d0949eebf3fc4158e85c448
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/201911202012