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    Solar Thermal Energy I - Basic Principles
    Week 6.2.1
    Arno Smets
    Heat
    T2

    Temperature, T
    Solid
    sensible Phase-change
    heat latent heat
    T* Liquid
    sensible
    heat
    T1
    Storage heat, Qs

    Sensible heat: Latent heat:

    𝑄 = 𝑚𝐶𝑝 𝑇2 − 𝑇1 𝑄 = 𝑚𝜆
    Conduction

    20 °C Fourier’s law

    𝑑𝑇
    𝑄𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑 = −𝑘𝐴
    0 °C
    𝑑𝑥

    x
    Convection
    Forced convection Natural convection
    Convection Forced convection

    Newton’s law

    Natural convection
    𝑄𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣 = −ℎ𝐴∆𝑇
    Radiation

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_radiation
    Radiation
    Black body:
    𝐸𝑏 = 𝜎𝑇 4

    Grey body:
    𝑄 = 𝜀𝐴𝜎(𝑇2 4 − 𝑇1 4 )

    σ = 5.6697x10-8 W/m2K4

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_radiation

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