Keywords

Sewage disposal -- Africa, West, Sewage disposal -- Developing countries, On-site excreta treatment technologies, West Africa sanitation, Solar collector performance testing, Resistance-heated simulator (RHS) calibration, Temperature-rise based energy measurement

Abstract

In operation, liquid from the test facility is circulated through the RHS core. The liquid is heated by passing over the resistance heaters. If the test facility's calibrations are under investigation, the RHS input power and temperatures are compared with those recorded by the test facility. If a collector is under test, the RHS is placed in series with the collector. The power input to the RHS is placed in series with the collector. The power input to the RHS core heaters is adjusted to give a temperature rise through the RHS equal to some fraction (usually one-half to one) of the temperature rise across the collector. Since the same mass flow passes through both the RHS and the collector, the energy gain in the collector is simply the RHS input power multiplied by the ratio of the temperature rises.

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Graduation Date

Summer 1982

Advisor

Yousef, Yousef A.

Degree

Master of Science (M.S.)

College

College of Engineering

Degree Program

Engineering

Format

PDF

Pages

69 pages

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Length of Campus-only Access

None

Access Status

Masters Thesis (Open Access)

Identifier

DP0013736

Subjects

Sewage--Purification--Tropical conditions; Sewage disposal--Evaluation; Sewage disposal plants--Pilot plants; Solar collectors--Testing; Heat exchangers--Testing

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