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Exergoeconomic and exergoenvironmental analysis of the evacuated tube heat pipe; a experimental study

Arif Karabuğa(HALİÇ ÜNİVERSİTESİ)
Melik Ziya Yakut(ısparta uygulamalı bilimler üniversitesi)0000-0003-4120-6016
Zafer Utlu(HALIC UNIVERSITY)0000-0003-1981-9107
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2021-08-29
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Also, the sustainability index of the system is found as 1.687.

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Objective & Hypothesis:In this paper, the effect of the different parameters such as solar radiation, and ambient temperature on thermodynamic performance of a Water-in-glass evacuated tube heat pipe (ETHP) is studied, including energy, exergy, environmental, economic analysis, and sustainability index.
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Key Findings & Data:The ETHP system is evaluated under the 4E criteria; energy, exergy, economic, and environment.
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Conclusion & Impact:Also, the sustainability index of the system is found as 1.687.
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⚙️Variables:solar energy · Exergy analysis · Evacuated tube heat pipe collector

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In this paper, the effect of the different parameters such as solar radiation, and ambient temperature on thermodynamic performance of a Water-in-glass evacuated tube heat pipe (ETHP) is studied, including energy, exergy, environmental, economic analysis, and sustainability index. The ETHP system is evaluated under the 4E criteria; energy, exergy, economic, and environment. The energy, exergy, environmental, enviroeconomic, exergoenvironmental, exergoenviroeconomical analysis and sustainability index of the ETHP system is calculated. There are 4 collectors each collector 57 pipes as a total of 108 pieces pipes, a hot water tank, a heat exchanger, and a pump in the system. The water is used as a working fluid due to economic, and common use in the system. In the result of this experimental study, we calculated energy and exergy efficiencies of the EHTP system as %60.74 and %40.72, respectively. In addition, the environmental, exergoenviromental, enviroeconomic, and exergoenviroeconomic values of the EHTP system are found 5958.01 kgCO2/day, 5564.72 kgCO2/day, 0.7448 $/day and 0.6958 $/day, respectively. Also, the sustainability index of the system is found as 1.687.

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Karabuğa, A., Yakut, M. Z., Utlu, Z. (2021). Exergoeconomic and exergoenvironmental analysis of the evacuated tube heat pipe; a experimental study. International Journal of Thermodynamics, Volume: 24 Issue: 3. https://doi.org/10.5541/ijot.877936

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