Thermo-hydraulic optimization of rectangular duct solar air heaters using equilateral triangular roughness on absorber plates
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DOI: 10.1007/s10973-025-14022-0
Abstract: Turbulence promoters are a widely used strategy to improve the working of solar air heaters in many industrial applications. This paper demonstrates the improvement in turbulent air due to the breakage of laminar sublayers by… read more here.
Keywords: solar air; heat transfer; air; air heaters ... See more keywords
Numerical simulations and optimization of solar air heaters
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DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.115744
Abstract: Abstract Different surface modification techniques have been used for enhancement of heat transfer from absorber plates of solar air heaters. It is necessary to have accurate values of design parameters within the operational window while… read more here.
Keywords: solar air; air heaters; relative rib; air ... See more keywords
Energy-exergy and enviro-economic survey of solar air heaters with various air channel modifications
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2020.06.087
Abstract: Abstract Solar air heaters (SAHs) are generally used in different applications because of their simple structure, low setup cost, and also their higher energy conversion efficiency. In this study, a v-groove type SAH (VTPSAH) has… read more here.
Keywords: energy; enviro economic; air heaters; air ... See more keywords
Efficient designs of double-pass curved solar air heaters
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2020.06.115
Abstract: Abstract Recent research has shown that flat plate double-pass solar air heaters (DPSAH) exhibit higher thermal performance compared to conventional flat plate single-pass solar air heaters (SPSAH). However, scientific literature on design and performance evaluation… read more here.
Keywords: air heaters; air; double pass; performance ... See more keywords