First and Second Law Evaluation of Multipass Flat-Plate Solar Air Collector and Optimization Using Preference Selection Index Method

Table 2

Typical cases to be optimized using the PSI method.

Case, i	Design parameters				Objectives
	Type	m, kg/s	L, m	H, m	ηeff	Nplate	ηII
1	1	0.01	1.5	0.02	0.5796	4	0.03562
2	1	0.01	1.5	0.025	0.5627	4	0.03469
3	1	0.01	1.5	0.03	0.5456	4	0.03316
4	1	0.01	2	0.02	0.5504	4	0.04266
5	1	0.01	2	0.025	0.5359	4	0.04152
6	1	0.01	2	0.03	0.5207	4	0.03975
7	1	0.01	2.5	0.02	0.5209	4	0.04733
8	1	0.01	2.5	0.025	0.509	4	0.04626
9	1	0.01	2.5	0.03	0.496	4	0.04446
10	1	0.015	1.5	0.02	0.6276	4	0.02198
11	1	0.015	1.5	0.025	0.6151	4	0.02459
12	1	0.015	1.5	0.03	0.6017	4	0.02516
13	1	0.015	2	0.02	0.607	4	0.0297
14	1	0.015	2	0.025	0.5958	4	0.03188
15	1	0.015	2	0.03	0.5835	4	0.03209
16	1	0.015	2.5	0.02	0.5854	4	0.03564
17	1	0.015	2.5	0.025	0.5759	4	0.03763
18	1	0.015	2.5	0.03	0.5648	4	0.03765
19	1	0.02	1.5	0.02	0.6513	4	0.005287
20	1	0.02	1.5	0.025	0.6424	4	0.01326
21	1	0.02	1.5	0.03	0.6321	4	0.01661
22	1	0.02	2	0.02	0.6359	4	0.01349
23	1	0.02	2	0.025	0.6278	4	0.02069
24	1	0.02	2	0.03	0.6181	4	0.02352
25	1	0.02	2.5	0.02	0.6195	4	0.01999
26	1	0.02	2.5	0.025	0.6125	4	0.02675
27	1	0.02	2.5	0.03	0.6036	4	0.02927