62 The 4 th International Seminar on Science and Technology August 9 th 2018, Postgraduate Program Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya, Indonesia Study of Simulation and Experimental Effect of Vaccum Degrees Between Glass Containers and Absorber on Solar Water Heater with Absorber Sinusoidal Type Royyan Firdaus 1 , Djatmiko Ichsani 1 , Mohamad Hakam 1 , and A’rasy Fahruddin 1 Abstract―In this era, the energy crisis is the spotlight, as many of us rely heavily on non-renewable energy such as fuel oil and natural gas, so that if the fuel source runs out, then all life processes will also stop. Not only that, the pollution caused by the use of fuel oil is very bad for the environment. Therefore, there is need for savings in all aspects of life that require energy. One of them is solar energy. In this research we are researching how to analyze and make solar water heater experiments effective and efficient so that can be widely used by many people. Solar water heater is very varied in terms of methods used to take the sun's heat. It all depends on the design and analysis made. In this case the wide absorption of solar thermal energy absorbed by the absorber is also very important, for that we use sinusoidal-shaped absorber plate. Furthermore, through the journals that ever existed, the researchers took 2 important aspects that need to be in the study that is with the variation of vacuum and discharge rates with the thickness of the sinusoidal (δ) 2 mm absorber plate. For the vacuum level will be varied 0 mm.Hg, -20 mm.Hg, -40 mm.Hg, -60 mm.Hg, -80 mm.Hg, -100 mm.Hg, -120 mm.Hg and by varying the fluid flow of work by adjusting the valve opening, that is from 18 L/hour to 22 L/hour with increase of 2 L/hour. By varying the level of vacuum between the absorber plate and the cover glass, it is expected to minimize the loss coefficient, increase the temperature of the absorber, and the temperature of the cover glass down. So it can improve collector efficiency 63.29%. and usefull Heat 760.39 Watt/m2, when the solar collector is set at a discharge of 22 L/hour, vacuum level -120 mmHg. Keywords―Solar Collector, Alternative Energy, Sinusoidal Absorber, Solar Energy, The Collector Efficiency. I. INTRODUCTION 1 The study of the performance of solar collectors as water heaters has been widely practiced. Solar water heater collectors have a wide variety of variations. One of the variations is the absorber of the solar collector. The flat plate with tube solar collector has been extensively researched by modifying the position of the pipe against the flat plate. Flat solar plate collectors are widely produced in bulk as a solar water heater. In flat plate solar collectors it needs welding to connect pipes and plates. The connection 1 Royyan Firdaus, Djatmiko Ichsani, Mohamad Hakam, and A’rasy Fahruddin are with Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya, 60111, Indonesia. E-mail: djatmiko@me.its.ac.id. creates a thermal resistance that will inhibit heat transfer from the absorber plate to the pipe. The use of wave absorber plates on solar water heater collectors is expected to overcome the weaknesses in the flat plate collector with the tube. In this solar collector the solar radiation absorbed by the absorber plate will be directly transferred to the water. In addition to the same collector dimensions, the wave absorber plate has a greater heat absorption area. The use of the wave plate as an absorber plate can increase absorbsivity because in addition to receiving direct solar radiation, it also receives reflections from adjacent wave plates. Thus it is expected that the absorber plate has a good performance and deserves to be used as an absorber plate for water heaters. The heat loss through the top of the solar collector is part of the largest heat loss. By reducing heat loss from the top of the collector will increase collector efficiency. For that we need to research how to reduce the heat loss. In this study we used a simulation approach to predict the best design for a solar water heater. So get the efficiency and maximum performance. A. Analisys of Heat Transfer and Thermal Performanced Radiation heat transfer is the transfer of heat energy with the help of electromagnetic waves. Radiation heat transfer is different from convection and conduction heat transfer. Radiation does not require an intermediary, even radiation occurs more effectively in vacuum. The radiation emitted by the surface of a substance comes from the heat energy of the substance being displaced by the surface. The magnitude of the radiation heat transfer rate is strongly influenced by the ability of a surface to emit energy (ε) and temperature difference (ΔT). The rate of radiation heat transfer can be seen in the following equation:   " = . �  4 −  4 �   " =  1  1 + 1  2 −1 � 1 4 −  4 � The sun is the source of energy for life on earth. The energy that the sun has is called solar energy and radiated to reach the earth. The sun emits an average radiative energy of Gsc = 1353 W / m2 at any time. The sun radiation that has come to earth consists of direct radiation (beam Ib) and scattering radiation (diffuse Id), as well as