Analysis of temperature in solar thermal by 3-D finite element method

This paper presents a mathematical model of temperature in solar thermal which are evinced in the second-order partial differential equation. The solar thermal analysis uses copper pipe, aluminium pipe, and anodized aluminium pipe to compare temperature distribution of water from three types of pipe. In a computer simulation, 3-D finite element method established in MATLAB program were applied for temperature investigation. The result was shown the graphical performance of the water temperature in various type of pipe.