PROPOSED NEW CONSTRUCTION IN SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTION WITH HIGHER EFFICIENCY AND QUALITY

A construction model for an ETC type solar collector with the purpose of helping in the rational use of electric energy aimed at the needs of the small rural producer. A prototype solar collector was proposed and its energy efficiency was analyzed compared to that of a commercial collector. Following this, an analysis of the economic viability of using solar collectors on small properties in the Sul Fluminense region of Brazil was performed. This work can be classified as an applied research with a quantitative experimental approach. The study shows that the use of the solar collector even when shared with the electricity to compensate for its losses, still provides an economic benefit to the final users, and the use of thermosyphon can contribute significantly to improving this result. This study proposed a more effective solar collector model, but this collector was limited to the materials and financial resources available to the project.