TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hollands,K.G.T.
AU  - Stedman,B.A.
TI  - Optimization of an absorber plate fin having a step-change in local thickness
N2  - Solar collectors having "tube-and-fin" absorber plates have traditionally used rectangular fins. The introduction of a "step-change" in fin thickness, so that the fin is thinner far from the tube, permits a savings in material content. Through heat transfer analysis, this paper derives an expression for the etficiency of a fin of this step-change shape, and applies it to the problem of finding the savings in material this shape permits. The results indicate that roughly a 20(percent)reduction in fin material is possible
UR  - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c2Sbgci9n9z7SZ4VegmawkRI2_Wbrp8f/view?usp=drivesdk
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