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Unit-2 Question Bank

This document contains 14 questions about solar collectors for a question bank. The questions cover topics such as the principle of converting solar energy to heat, the components and function of flat-plate solar collectors, equations for collector efficiency and heat removal factor, concentrating collectors, and methods of sun tracking for concentrating collectors. It aims to assess understanding of the technology and thermal analysis of both flat-plate and concentrating solar collectors.

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Unit-2 Question Bank

This document contains 14 questions about solar collectors for a question bank. The questions cover topics such as the principle of converting solar energy to heat, the components and function of flat-plate solar collectors, equations for collector efficiency and heat removal factor, concentrating collectors, and methods of sun tracking for concentrating collectors. It aims to assess understanding of the technology and thermal analysis of both flat-plate and concentrating solar collectors.

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Unit-2

Solar Collectors
Question Bank

1. Explain the principle of conversion of solar energy into heat.

2. What are the main components of a flat-plate solar collector, explain the function of each.
3. Write down the energy balance equation for flat plate collector. Also explain the
instantaneous collection efficiency and stagnation temperature.
4. Derive the relationship for transmissivity based on reflection-refraction for a system of M
covers.
5. Derive the relationship for transmissivity based on absorption only.

6. What is transmissivity-absorptivity product? Derive for the same.


7. Why the heat transfer coefficient at the top cover suggested by Test et al. is strongly
recommended?
8. Derive for collector efficiency factor and collector heat removal factor of a flat plate
collector.
9. Explain the following: (i) Aperture (ii) Concentration ratio (iii) Intercept factor (iv)
Acceptance angle.
10. Enumerate the different types of concentrating collectors with neat sketches.
11. Discuss the thermal analysis of concentrating collectors.
12. Derive for the instantaneous collection efficiency of a cylindrical parabolic concentrating
collector.

13. Why orientation is needed in concentrating type collectors? Describe the different methods
of sun tracking.

14. What are the advantages and disadvantages of concentrating collectors over flat-plate
collectors?

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