An experimental study of hot water preparation system with hot piped air heating hidden depot plane sun collector

In this study, the visual pollution was eliminated by applying the depots, which are at least 45cm above the upper level of collector in present solar energy systems, underneath the collector sub-level. For this aim, air was used as heat carrier in this system and heat pipe was utilized as well. The output of heat piped airy sun collector was determined experimentally. In order to increase the capacity of the system, heat convertors in the form of three different types and materials were produced and the system was tested under different day and heat conditions. According to the results of the experiment, the highest output of single copper wire heat convertor was determined as 40%, aluminium pipe 42% and of multiple copper wire as 37%. Key Words : Heat pipe, Solar Energy, Solar collector