- Review on thermal energy storage with phase change materials and applications by Atul Sharma, V.V. Tyagi, C.R. Chen, D. Buddhi
Today's Goal
- To produce a data plot of the solar hot dog
- Ambient temperature
- air temperature inside the glass tube
- air temperature inside the pipe
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Experiment 1 Data- Testing the hardware
Solar intensity at the beginning 1230 w/m² (11:00 am)
Solar intensity
- 1228 (11:20 am) (set up)
- 1257 (11:35 am)
We adjusted the solar concentrator at 11:30, 11:32, 11:35 to get a better focus point. This might be seen in the data.
We notice the focus point on our hot dog solar cooker is a bit off and we are not getting the best possible focus on the cylinder tube. We might need to rethink the angle or redesign the solar concentrator.
Notes for the future:
- A tube to block reflected light and get a more accurate light intensity reading is needed.
- Metal Clips are need to be made to keep the thermocouple wires in place
- An thinner aluminum tube is needed to house our medium. Our current metal tube is too thick
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