Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1981. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 141-143).

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:57:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 EdmilsonPR.pdf: 2663953 bytes, checksum: 5e759d4c2f58059b6b7f5c08d0cc24d0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-08-07 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / It s presented a solar collector to be used in a system for heating bath water, whose main characteristic is its low cost. The collector consists of five plates of PVC with 10 mm thick, 200 mm in width and 1400mm in length, with an area equal to 1.4 square meters. The plates were connected in parallel to the ends of PVC tubes of  40 mm and 32 mm. The plates were coated on one side with aluminum sheets of soft drinks and beers cans open. The system worked on a thermosiphon and was tested in two configurations: the plates uncoated and coated with aluminum material, to determine the influence of material on the efficiency of the collector. For both configurations was used EPS plates below the surface to minimize heat losses from the botton. The thermal reservoir of the heating system is, also, alternative and low cost, since it was constructed from a polyethylene tank for storing water, with volume of 150 end 200 liters. It will be presented the thermal efficiency, heat loss, water temperature of the thermal reservoir at the end of the process and simulation of baths for a house with four residents. The will be demonstrated thermal, economic and material viability of the proposed collector, whose main innovation is the use of recyclables materials, cans of beer and soft drinks, to increase the temperature of the absorber plate. / Apresenta-se um coletor solar alternativo a ser utilizado em um sistema para aquecimento de ?gua destinada ao banho, cuja principal caracter?stica ? seu baixo custo. O coletor consiste de cinco placas de forro de PVC de 10 mm de espessura, 200 mm de largura e 1400 mm de comprimento com ?rea correspondente a 1,40 m?. As placas foram ligadas pelas extremidades em paralelo a tubos de PVC de 40 mm e de 32 mm. As placas, de um lado, foram revestidas com chapas de alum?nio provenientes de latinha de refrigerantes e cervejas abertas. O sistema funcionou em regime de termo-sif?o e foi testado para duas configura??es: as placas sem revestimento e revestidas com o material alum?nio, para a determina??o da influ?ncia desse material na efici?ncia do coletor. Para as configura??es estudadas utilizaram-se placas de isopor de 20 mm na superf?cie inferior para minimizar as perdas t?rmicas pela parte de baixo. O reservat?rio t?rmico do sistema de aquecimento ?, tamb?m, alternativo e de baixo custo, pois foi constru?do a partir de um reservat?rio de polietileno para armazenamento de ?gua, com volume de 150 e 200 litros. Ser?o apresentados dados de efici?ncia t?rmica, perda t?rmica, temperatura da ?gua do reservat?rio t?rmico no final do processo e de simula??o de banhos para uma resid?ncia com quatro moradores. Ser?o demonstradas as viabilidades t?rmica, econ?mica e de materiais do coletor proposto, cuja principal inova??o consiste na utiliza??o de materiais recicl?veis, latas de cervejas e refrigerantes para o aumento da temperatura da placa absorvedora