simulation

This study from 2007 explores the potential for setting up in Australia large centralized solar heating plants with seasonal storage. These are long-term storage systems, which allow energy being collected in summer, and delivered in winter. The study aims to evaluate these systems - which already exist in Europe - in an Australian context.

This thesis from 2009 describes the design and testing of a solar thermal collector simulator. The main objective of this study is to assist research and development of future projects that incorporate a small solar collector array. An in-depth description is provided covering both the hardware and software needed to control the power output and the status of the simulator.

This research paper from 2006 looks into a simulation exercise of solar thermal systems consisting of uncovered solar collectors and/or air-to-water heat exchangers. The aim is to optimise their functioning and to compare the performances. This simulation has been carried out for the district heating net in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

The simulation of this so-called multicomponent solar thermal system looks into a method to preheat cold water by using solar irradiance as well as heat of the ambient air.

This 2006 research paper addresses the potential of solar thermal in the generation of hydrogen. In this application, the solar heat can be used directly for water splitting without the additional step of electricity generation. The researchers have developed a model to predict temperatures and reaction rates inside the reactor for hydrogen reaction which is operated alternating between two temperature levels.

The paper sets out the model approach that has been followed and presents the simulation results of these tests.

This document from 2008 looks into the efficiency of the design of hot water storage in solar thermal cooling facilities in single family buildings. Solar thermal installations, and in particular oversized facility elements, could result in higher costs and a lower than anticipated performance.

This paper produced by British and German researchers in 2006 sets out to correlate the collector area with cooling power and energy demand in absorption cooling systems.

The paper demonstrates that buildings with the same maximum cooling power, but very different load time series, require collector areas to vary by a factor 4 to achieve the same solar fraction.