Diseño y simulación de un sistema de calentamiento de agua con capacidad de 12 L/H, por radiación solar, asistido mediante tubos de calor en el sector de Pomasqui de la provincia de Pichincha.

Abstract

The research made for this titration work includes the behavior adopted by the heat pipes, as a energy recovery device coming from solar radiation, the same ones that attend a exchanger that has the purpose of supplying hot water with a capacity of 12 L / H. Based on the theoretical design, the phenomena present in the components of the system are studied, the most notable being the limits of operation, pressure drops and heat transfer. Once these parameters are known, a proposal known and available on the market is proposed, in order to determine its efficiency and performance in the process of heating water. These data are compared with numerical simulations performed in the ANSYS software. These data provide a basis since the purpose is to achieve the optimization of these devices, so starting from these data obtained initially proceed to make changes in the water heating system, these modifications can refer to the geometry of the heat pipes or in turn to the disposition that they have with the heat exchanger, hoping to reach this objective in the present investigation a certain number of iterations are made, in this way, it is possible to check which of the aforementioned options for the simulation is the one that provides the best performance and operational effectiveness.