Polymeric Materials for Solar Energy Utilization A Comparative Experimental Study and Environmental

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Polymer-Plastics Technology and EngineeringISSN: 0360-2559 (Print) 1525-6111 (Online) Journal homepage: http://china.tandfonline.com/loi/lpte20Polymeric Materials for Solar Energy Utilization:A Comparative Experimental Study andEnvironmental Aspects

Guangming Chen, Kostyantyn Shestopalov, Alexander Doroshenko & PaulKoltun

To cite this article: Guangming Chen, Kostyantyn Shestopalov, Alexander Doroshenko & PaulKoltun (2015) Polymeric Materials for Solar Energy Utilization: A Comparative ExperimentalStudy and Environmental Aspects, Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering, 54:8, 796-805,DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2014.974185

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PolymericMaterialsforSolarEnergyUtilization:AComparativeExperimentalStudyandEnvironmentalAspects

GuangmingChen1,KostyantynShestopalov1,2,AlexanderDoroshenko2,andPaulKoltun3

1NingboInstituteofTechnology,ZhejiangUniversity,Ningbo,Zhejiang,China

2OdessaNationalAcademyofFoodTechnologies,Odessa,Ukraine

3CSIROProcessScienceandEngineering,Clayton,Victoria,Australia

GRAPHICALABSTRACT

Full-scalemetalsolarcollectorsandsolarcollectorsfabricatedfrompolymericmaterialsarestudiedinpresentresearch.Honeycombmultichannelplatesmadefrompolycarbonatewerechosentocreateapolymericsolarcollector.Polymericcollectoris67.8%lighterthanmetalsolarcollector.Itwasexperimentallyshownthattheefficiencyofapolymericcollectoris7–14%lowerthanatraditionalcollector.AnecologicallybasedLifeCycleAssessmentshowedtheadvantagesoftheapplicationofpolymericmaterialsintheconstructionofsolarcollectors.

KeywordsEnvironment;Hotwatersupplysystem;Polymericmaterials;Solarcollector;Testrig

INTRODUCTIONTheutilizationofsolarenergytoproducehotwaterforhotwatersupplysystems(HWSS)haslongbeenofparticularinterestbecausesuchsystemsareeasytodesignandsolarenergyisavailableforpracticalapplicationalmostanywhereonearth.ThemostexpensivepartofanHWSSisthesolarcollector(SC)–theheartofsolarthermalpowertechnology.The

remainingsystemcomponentscomprise20–60%ofanSC’scost,dependingonthecomplexityofthesystem(tubes,tank-accumulators,pumps,stopvalves,automaticcontrolsystem,supportingconstruction,etc.).Currently,themostwidelyusedHWSSsarethosewithflatplateSCs,althoughrecently,theapplicationofvacuumSCsincreasedconsiderablyduetotheirsignificantlydecreasingcost[1–3].

Nevertheless,theconstructionofanHWSSisexpensiveandthisisthemainreasonforrestraintintheapplicationofsuchsystems.Thus,thedirectionofthedevelopmentofsolarsystemsistowardthedesignofmoreeconomicalSCswithhighefficiency.

AddresscorrespondencetoProf.GuangmingChen,NingboInstituteofTechnology,ZhejiangUniversity,No.1QianhuSouthRoad,Ningbo,Zhejiang315100,China.E-mail:gmchen@zju.edu.cnColorversionsforoneormoreofthefiguresinthearticlecanbefoundonlineatwww.tandfonline.com/lpte.

796ResearchershavebeenworkingonthedevelopmentofnewandmoreefficientandeffectiveSCs.Althoughagreatnumberofstudieshavebeendevotedtothisissue,almostallofthemarebasedontheapplicationofnon-ferrousmetalsintheconstructionofSCs[1,4].

Thelatesttrendinproductselectionistheapplicationofenvironmentallyfriendlygoods.LifeCycleAssessment(LCA)methodologycanassessandcomparesimilarproductsandrecommendthosewiththelowestenvironmentaleffect,beginningwithrawmaterialproduction,rightuptoproductdisposal.Theconceptofusingpolymericmaterials(PMs)tomakecheaper,lower-weightSCsisnotnew[5,6].TheproductionofPMsallowsthemanufactureofmodernplasticsthatarestableagainstultravioletradiation(UVR).Thispropertymakesthemsuitableforsolarenergyapplication.Likewise,LCAshowsthatPMshaveseveralenvironmentaladvantagesovermetals.PMsarelesscostlythannonferrousmetals.PMsalsoweightless,whichdecreasesthematerialcapacityofSCsandtheirsupportingconstruction.ThemainpurposeofthepresentresearchisthecreationofaflatplatepolymericSCfeaturinglowcostwithhighthermo-technicalcharacteristicscongruoustothecorrespondingcharacteristicsintraditionalSCs.ComparableexperimentalresearchonvariousSCsshowsthatSCmadefromPMs(SC-P)couldbeconstructedandappliedinHWSS.LCAanalysisofalltestedSCsismadeandenvironmentaladvantagesofSC-Pareshown.ANALYSISOFPOLYMERICMATERIALSUSEDFORSOLARCOLLECTORSMostSCsarecomposedofthefollowingelements:anabsorber,atransparentcover,insulation,andaframe.ThemainpartoftheSC,whichdeterminesitsefficiency,istheabsorber–theheatexchangedevicethattransfersheatfromthesolarinsolationtotheworkingfluid.Theframeandabsorberareusuallymadefromnon-ferrousmetals(aluminumandcopper).Glass(aheavy,fragilematerial)isusedasatransparentcover.TheanalysisandselectionofthePMtobeusedforthecreationofanSC-PforanHWSSispresentedhere.TheproblemofusingPMsintheconstructionofSCshasbeenstudiedbyseveralresearchcentersandproductioncompanies[5–8].ManyPMshavethepotentialforuseinSCconstruction:polypropylene(PP),polystyrene(PS),polymethylmethacrylate(PMMA)alsoknownasacryl,polycarbonate(PC),polysulfone(PSU),polyethylsulfone(PES),polyetherimide(PEI),polyamid(PA),polyvinylchloride(PVC),andpolymethyl-pentene(PMP),alongwithseveralothers[6].Long-lastingoper-