The Optimal Control of Liquid Type Solar Energy Systems

dc.contributor.author	Hazeu, Tom
dc.date.accessioned	2008-05-07T18:45:51Z
dc.date.available	2008-05-07T18:45:51Z
dc.date.issued	1980-10
dc.identifier.other	1980 .H337
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2092/751
dc.description	122 leaves. Advisor: Harry L. Downing, Jr.	en
dc.description.abstract	A computer model of a liquid type solar energy system is presented. Using this model, the effect of the flow rate of liquid through a solar energy system on the system efficiency is invest±gated in the light of finding an optimal flow rate. The dependence of this optimal flow rate on the environment is then found. The optimal control of the flow rate is compared to the differential thermostat and proportional control methods of controlling the flow rate. It was found that the optimal method produced solar energy system efficiencies that averaged 8.5% higher than those produced by the differential thermostat and 4.8% higher than the efficiencies produced by the proportional control.	en
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dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Drake University	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Drake University, School of Graduate Studies;1980
dc.subject	Physics	en
dc.subject	Energy conservation	en
dc.subject	Solar energy	en
dc.title	The Optimal Control of Liquid Type Solar Energy Systems	en
dc.type	Thesis	en