An hydrodynamically developed but thermally developing laminar channel flow is considered. The flow prevails between an upper rigid plate and a lower porous heated plate, as is encountered in a new form of flat plate solar energy collector. Velocity and temperature profiles were computed in...

This paper investigates thermal performance of a new design of minichannel-based solar flat-plate collector. The solar collector consists of an array of minichannels located in the absorber plate which is covered by single glass cover. Water was used as the working fluid. A numerical model was...