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For a two-cover FPC of dimensions 3 x 6 m, tilted 45 degrees
from horizontal, determine the overall
heat loss coefficient. The environmental temperature is 5 C and the
wind blows at 5 m/s.
The absorber plate is 0.6 mm thick with an emissivity of 0.15. The
glass covers are 3.5 mm
thick with a gap of 20 mm and the bottom one is located 50 mm from
the absorbing plate.
The glass emissivity is 0.88. The insulation is fiberglass 50 mm
thick at the back and
30 mm at the edges. The mean absorber temperature is 90 C. Estimate
the overall heat loss
coefficient using both the detailed and the empirical methods and
compare the results