Análisis y caracterización de las perdidas energéticas de la tubería en acero inoxidable para un sistema de energía solar térmica en Sogamoso-Boyacá.

Abstract

In the present work the analysis and characterization of the energy losses of the stainless steel pipe for the heating system of a semi-Olympic swimming pool was carried out. For this, a bibliographic review was done on the different works related to energy losses in stainless steel pipes, the use of solar collectors in houses and swimming pools in order to have sufficient theoretical bases. The pipe was then divided into sections according to diameter, velocity and flow in the piping system that transport the cold and hot fluid from the pool; Followed by the CAD in Solidworks of the piping system and its respective accessories. Subsequently, the energy absorbed by the solar collector system, load losses and thermal losses were calculated on the 109 sections distributed in the pipeline, taking into account the physical phenomena that take place in the solar thermal system, Such as: convection, radiation, conduction, condensation, evaporation and losses due to irreversibility. Finally, we performed the simulation of the pipe sections and accessories to show the behavior of the particles of the fluid along its path through the cold and hot fluid transport system. According to the results of both the load and energy losses of the system, it was possible to conclude that most of these are by conduction.