PENGUKURAN LAJU PELEPASAN KALOR SECARA KONTINYU PADA TANGKI SOLAR WATER HEATER DENGAN KAPSUL BERISI CAMPURAN PARAFFIN WAX DAN SERBUK TEMBAGA 20% DENGAN VARIASI DEBIT AIR 1; 1,5; 2; 2,5 LPM
Abstract
Solar Water Heater (SWH) is a technology that can be used as a water
heater by utilizing solar energy. Conventional SWH uses water as a heat storage
media. But the use of water as a heat storage has shortcomings including low
energy density so it requires large volumes. To overcome this problem, this study
uses phase change material (PCM) to store heat. The PCM used is paraffin wax
and 20% copper powder because it has a high energy density. The purpose of this
study was to determine the rate of heat release and decrease in temperature
continuously in the SWH tank with a variety of discharges provided using the
continuous discharging method.
Continuous discharging research is carried out by flowing water into the
tank continuously at variations in water discharge 1; 1,5; 2; 2.5 LPM from the
initial temperature of 70°C in the tank to a temperature of 35°C in the container.
The research data were obtained from thermocouple temperature readings
mounted on copper pipes with flow direction readings on each axial, vertical and
horizontal section.
From the results it is found that the lowest water discharge rate is 1 LPM
debit with water discharge value 7.275.700,69 J/s and PCM discharge rate
550.913.12 J/s, while the largest water discharge rate value is debit 2.5 LPM with
a water emission rate of 7.645,077.74 J/s and a PCM emission rate of 581,667,51
J/s. The lowest drop in water temperature was at 1 LPM debit with a water dropoff
rate of 22.15°C / hr and PCM down-rate of 22.42°C / hour, while the largest
water-drop rate was 2.5 LPM with water droplet rate value of 33.46°C / hour and
PCM temperature drop of 33.83°C / hour.