The application analysis of bubble pump on the domestic solar water heater system is presented. The system investigated in this study is a passive device, self pumping and self regulating. It was test to use the bubble pump on solar water heater system. The test experiment has been taken on the existed vacuum tube about the working fluid temperature and pressure and circulated power. In order to check the working temperature and working pressure effectively, the bubble pump was test separated from the solar water heater. The equipment consists of the bubble pump, heater and heat exchanger. The main structure of bubble pump was design depend on the character of two phase flow. The complete system was instrumented to measure pressures, temperatures and flow-rates at various locations. The theory analysis of design bubble pump has been given and the experiment design has been included in the paper.
Keywords. bubble pump; solar water heater; pressure; temperature
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How to cite this article
Li, X., Park, G., Chung, H. and Jeong, H. (2007). 'Performance evaluation of bubble pump used in a passive solar water heater system'. SET Proceedings, 6(1), pp. 92-97. https://doi.org/10.65582/set.2007.015
