An experimental platform for testing solar collectors has been des ig ned an d bu ilt at Sou th eas t
Unive rsity, China. In this ar ticl e, th e st ruct ure and t he deta i led ope rat i on of th is pl atfor m are presen te d.
The p erf orma nce of an evacu ated heat pi pe s ol ar co llec to r , in wh ich a heat-p ip e is used t o tran sfe r th e
hea t fr om th e co llecto r to the water , is inves t igate d expe ri me nt al ly b y usin g th e d evel op ed p latfo rm .
The in ves tiga ti on is f ocused on the inst an t ane ous effic ie nc y and its co r rel a tions with t he receiv er an d
absor ber are as , t he ef fe ctiv e heat capaci ty, the inci de nce angl e m odifi er and t he p ress ure d rop .
I n add ition , the theor etical a naly s is o f the so l ar co lle ct or i s c arrie d out for th ese para m eter s. The
therm al behav ior and per f or ma nce of th is solar co lle ct or is acquir ed thr o u gh the ex pe r im en tal re sults
by usin g th is dev eloped plat for m. T his pl atf o r m is also sui tabl e for exp e ri me n tal inves t igation of oth e r
type s of s o lar colle cto r s.