Just suggest me the name of software which can be utilised for the simulation of solar collector in which we can utilised the solar intensity w.r.t. time
The simulation tool that you will use is depended on the type of your study that you want to do.
For transient studies, the use of TRNSYS is a very good choice.
For CFD calculation, you have to use othe programs as ANSYS, FLUENT an Solidworks (as I do).
If you want to model a simple solar system and to dimension it, you can create your own program in matlab or fortran or another language.
Moreover, I use EES for modelling the solar collectors by using energy balance equations.
The final selection is yours and it is depended from manu parameters as it is obviosu from all the interesting ansewers in this useful question.
TRNSYS should be considered, particularly if you also want to interface the collector with other components of a complete system.
Dear Neeraj,
check this link
http://photovoltaic-software.com/solar-thermal-free.php
There are several computations tools that the U.S Department of Energy offer for solar systems calculations. You can download these tools at no cost by going to the following URL and search for solar computational tools.
www.doe.gov
Hope this helps answer your question.
Professor Yehia Khalil
Yale University
USA
Hi,
try this website has many packages ..
http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/research/buildings/fenestration/software.htm
Mustafa Al-Azzawi
You can use the CFD software as Comsol, Fluent... or the softwareTRANSYS and also programming software as Matlab, Fortran,...
You can use TRNSYS software or Comsol multiphysics but the optimum one is TRNSYS
The simulation tool that you will use is depended on the type of your study that you want to do.
For transient studies, the use of TRNSYS is a very good choice.
For CFD calculation, you have to use othe programs as ANSYS, FLUENT an Solidworks (as I do).
If you want to model a simple solar system and to dimension it, you can create your own program in matlab or fortran or another language.
Moreover, I use EES for modelling the solar collectors by using energy balance equations.
The final selection is yours and it is depended from manu parameters as it is obviosu from all the interesting ansewers in this useful question.
Check this link:
http://www.valentin-software.com/en/products/solar-thermal
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