Energy and Exergy Analysis of Solar Collectors Having Different Tilt Angles: Case Study of Erzincan City

Solar collectors are frequently used in domestic water heating applications. In the design stage, the positioning of solar collector with suitable title angle is important in order to utilize from sun energy efficiently. In this study, the effect of tilt angle of a solar collector located to Erzincan city on monthly/daily average radiation values, water outlet temperature, energy and exergy efficiencies are theoretically investigated. It is seen that the maximum and minimum values of optimum tilt angles are 63 degrees ve 0 degrees for December and June, respectively. Tilt angles which are suggested for Erzincan (27.14 degrees) and calculated are compared for daily average hourly radiation values and it is seen that the maximum variation is 26% for January. In addition, energy and exergy efficiencies of solar collector are estimated and the maximum efficiencies are determined as 74.2% ve 9.7% for optimum tilt angles.