Ecosense installs Solar Thermal Lab at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida.
Shiv Nadar University is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, research-focused, and student-centric University offering a full range of academic programs at the undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level. The University’s goal is to become internationally recognized for the quality of its research and creative endeavors and their applicability to improving quality of life, generating new insights and expanding the boundaries of human knowledge creativity. Committed to excellence in teaching, research and service, the University aims to serve the higher education needs of India and the world beyond.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, SNU recently ordered two equipments of Solar Thermal Lab from Ecosense
• Solar Thermal Training System
• ETC Characterization system for thermal analysis of Fluids.
1. Solar Thermal Training System:
Ecosense’s Solar Thermal Training system is a replica of the solar flat plate collector-based water heating system designed in a form of experimental setup to help students learn and experience different parameters of performance of Flat Plate Collector System. This system helps students in practical understanding of various technical parameters such as Overall Heat Loss Co-efficient, Heat Removal Factor and Efficiency at different flexible input parameters like radiation, wind speed etc. The system has in built sensors which measure parameters like pressure, temperature, flow rate etc., mounted on a control unit.
Technical Advantage of Solar Thermal Training system:
Solar Thermal Training system has a modular and scalable design. It has 2 auxiliary tanks for non-stop experimentation. The system utilises artificial source of irradiation, therefore it does not depend on natural climatic conditions and can be use inside a closed space.
What one can learn from Solar Thermal Training system:
• Evaluation of different parameters (UL, FR and η) in thermosyphonic mode of flow with fixed input parameters
• Evaluation of different parameters (UL, FR and η) in thermosyphonic mode of flow at different radiation level
• Evaluation of different parameters (UL, FR and η) in thermosyphonic mode of flow at different inlet water temperature
• Evaluation of different parameters (UL, FR and η) in thermosyphonic mode of flow with different wind speed
• Evaluation of different parameters (UL, FR and η) in forced mode of flow with fixed input parameters
• Evaluation of different parameters (UL, FR and η) and drawing of different curves in forced mode of flow with different flow rate
• Evaluation of different parameters (UL, FR and η) in forced mode of flow at different radiation level
• Evaluation of different parameters (UL, FR and η) in forced mode of flow at different inlet water temperature
• Evaluation of different parameters (UL, FR and η) in forced mode of flow at different wind speed
• Evaluation of different parameters (UL, FR and η) in forced mode of flow at different incident angle
• Evaluation of different parameters (UL, FR and η) in thermosyphonic mode of flow at different tilt angle
Demonstration of Solar Thermal Training system
2. ETC Characterisation system for thermal analysis of fluids:
An ETC characterization system for thermal analysis of fluids is a mini closed loop ETC system to study the thermal characteristics of various fluids. It uses an artificial sunlight so that it can be used inside a lab and is independent of natural climate. A chiller is also connected to the system so that once fluids get heated, students will be able to cool it down immediately and study thermal characteristics of heating as well as cooling. This system helps students in practical understanding of various technical parameters such as efficiency and heat transfer at different flexible input parameters like radiation, wind speed etc. The system has in built sensors which measure parameters like pressure, temperature, flow rate etc., mounted on a control unit. The equipment has the following features:
• Artificial source of irradiation
• Control of irradiation level as per requirement
• Artificial Source of Wind speed with provision to set wind speed as per requirement
• Inbuilt facility analogous to rooftop and hot water tank compatible to perform experiment both outdoor and indoor environment
• Water heater available with storge tank for pre heating of water
• Chiller tank available to quickly cool hot water
• Evaluate system efficiency and heat transfer
• An active measurement panel to measure inlet temperature, pressure etc.
• Inbuilt facility analogous to rooftop and hot water tank compatible to perform experiment both outdoor and indoor environment.
• Artificial Source of Wind speed with provision to set wind speed as per requirement.
What one can learn from ETC Characterization System:
• User will be able to evaluate the losses from storage tank in system stagnant condition.
• User will be able to evaluate the losses from ETC tubes.
• User will be able to evaluate the system efficiency and heat transfer amount in different parts of system.
• User will be able to evaluate the system efficiency and heat transfer amount in different parts of system at different radiation level.
• User will be able to evaluate the system efficiency and heat transfer amount in different parts of system for different inlet water temperature.
• User will be able to evaluate the system efficiency and heat transfer amount in different parts of system at different ambient conditions.
• User will be able to evaluate the performance of different nano-fluids in ETC system
Demonstration of ETC Characterisation system
Master’s Training Conducted
After successful installation of systems, 2-day master’s training program is conducted. This master’s training was focused on how to efficiently utilize the system in core-curriculum development and practical experimentations.
Product detail and Demonstration of ETC characterization system