
%0 Journal Article
%A O'Keefe, MJ 
%A Francey, JLA 
%T The Effect of the Flow Distribution on the Thermal Efficiency of a Solar Collector
%J Australian Journal of Physics
%D 1986/12/01
%V 39
%N 6
%P 945-960
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/PH860945
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/PH860945 
%X An isothermal one-dimensional flow model is used to calculate the flow distribution across the manifold of a flat plate solar collector in order to quantify the effect of a non-uniform flow distribution on the thermal efficiency for a variety of manifold geometries. The predictions of this flow model are found to compare favourably with measured isothermal flow distributions. 
