RANCANG BANGUN ALAT PEMANAS AIR TENAGA SURYA DENGAN KONFIGURASI TUBE SERPENTINE BERKAPASITAS 100 LITER

Heriyanto Rusmaryadi (Universitas Tridinanti Palembang.)
Rita Maria Veronika (Universitas Tridinanti Palembang.)
Edy Purwanto (Universitas Tridinanti Palembang.)

Turbulen : Jurnal Teknik Mesin
Vol 1, No 1 (June 2018)

The purpose of this study is to test and determine the performance, and the factors that affect the performance of a solar water heater. The collector type is a flat plate and the configuration of collector pipe is serpentine. The results show that the important parameters are; the intensity of solar radiation, the sun's position for every hour, and the speed of the wind. The average efficiency of the solar water heater is 40.02%, while the average of the biggest  losses due to heat loss occur in the upper area of the collector box  is Ut = 2.09 W/m2.0C or 67.11% of total losses.  Keywords: Solar water heater, flat plate collector, serpentine, performance, losses