Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Numerical Simulation, Design, and Construction of a Double Glazed Compound Parabolic Concentrators-Type Integrated Collector Storage Water Heater J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2015;138(1):014501-014501-7. doi:10.1115/1.4032141 Figure Legend: Heat fluxes in a cross section of the ICS solar heater

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Numerical Simulation, Design, and Construction of a Double Glazed Compound Parabolic Concentrators-Type Integrated Collector Storage Water Heater J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2015;138(1):014501-014501-7. doi:10.1115/1.4032141 Figure Legend: Flow chart of the simulation program for ICS systems

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Numerical Simulation, Design, and Construction of a Double Glazed Compound Parabolic Concentrators-Type Integrated Collector Storage Water Heater J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2015;138(1):014501-014501-7. doi:10.1115/1.4032141 Figure Legend: Measured versus predicted average water temperatures in the storage tanks for a sequence of five days without water drain (mean ambient temperature is about 30 °C and a peak solar radiation of 1000 W/m2). Top: lower placed tank, Bottom: upper placed tank.

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Numerical Simulation, Design, and Construction of a Double Glazed Compound Parabolic Concentrators-Type Integrated Collector Storage Water Heater J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2015;138(1):014501-014501-7. doi:10.1115/1.4032141 Figure Legend: Variation diagrams of the predicted mean daily, diurnal efficiency, and heat losses of the double glazed ICS system. (a) Diurnal efficiency, (b) daily efficiency, and (c) heat losses.

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Numerical Simulation, Design, and Construction of a Double Glazed Compound Parabolic Concentrators-Type Integrated Collector Storage Water Heater J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2015;138(1):014501-014501-7. doi:10.1115/1.4032141 Figure Legend: Theoretical variation of storage tanks water average temperature for a sequence of five days

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Numerical Simulation, Design, and Construction of a Double Glazed Compound Parabolic Concentrators-Type Integrated Collector Storage Water Heater J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2015;138(1):014501-014501-7. doi:10.1115/1.4032141 Figure Legend: The constructed double glazed ICS solar heater: (a) cross-sectional view and (b) photo of the ICS heater