Diseño y evaluación de un colector solar con parámetros de insolación para la Costa Sur de Jalisco, México

Published in: Engineering for a Smarter Planet: Innovation, ITC, and Computational Tools for Sustainable Development: Proceedings of the 9th Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology
Date of Conference: August 3-5, 2011
Location of Conference: Medellin, Colombia
Authors: César Sedano
Donato Vallín
Alfredo Luna
Juan Sedano
Joel Morán
Refereed Paper: #158

Abstract

A solar collector is a device designed to pick up the energy irradiated by the sun and to transform it into thermal energy. In the development of applications that they operate with the help of solar energy, the ideal form of obtaining more energy for unit of time is increasing the size of the receiver area and guiding it toward the sun. In this investigation work it was designed and it evaluated a plane solar collector of copper pipes, under conditions of inclination and address regarding the sun, for the point (19°45' N, 104°21' W) where Autlán is located of Navarrese, Jalisco, Mexico. Covering in form matter the way to elevate their efficiency, using a floodgate valve acted by an electronic cell of photocontrol to only allow flow of the water inside the collector during the presence of solar light, limiting heat losses in the termotank at nights when being presented inverse flow inside the collector, maintaining for more time the heat won by the water in the termotank during the night. To be able to use it as solution to different problems or necessities that arise in the development of the region.