Research Article
A Cost Effective Desalination Plant Using a Solar Chimney with Recycled Aluminum Can Collector
Table 2
Dimensions and specifications of RAC solar collector.
| Data assumed | Value(s) |
| Length of collector | 1.5 m | Width of collector | 0.6 m | Length of absorber plate () | 1.5 m | Width of absorber plate () | 0.6 m | Spacing between absorber plate and bottom plate () | 1.5 cm | Air flow rate () | 200 kg/hr | Air inlet temperature () | 30°C | Ambient temperature () | 28°C | Solar flux incident on the collector face () | 950 W/m2-°C | Transmissivity () | 0.85 | Top loss coefficient () | 6.2 W/m2-°C | Bottom loss coefficient () | 0.8 W/m2-°C | Emissivity top plate and bottom plate surfaces = | 0.95 |
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