A comprehensive study on the progressive development and applications of solar air heaters

V Goel, VS Hans, S Singh, R Kumar, SK Pathak… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of solar air heaters (SAH) for the collection and effective utilization of solar
radiations for thermal applications is widely reported in the literature. The current article …

A comprehensive review on the effect of turbulence promoters on heat transfer augmentation of solar air heater and the evaluation of thermo-hydraulic performance …

GK Pramod, UC Arunachala, N Madhwesh… - Environment …, 2024 - Springer
Solar air heaters are characterized by poor thermal performance due to limited heat transfer
capability of air, thereby necessitating the need for design modifications. Among a different …

Thermo-hydraulic performance of a solar air heater with staggered C-shape finned absorber plate

A Saravanan, M Murugan, MS Reddy, PS Ranjit… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
An experimental investigation has been carried out to study the thermo-hydraulic
performance of a solar air heater with staggered multiple C-shape perforated and non …

Experimental investigation on heat transfer performance of solar collector with baffles and semicircular loops fins under varied air mass flow rates

P Rani, PP Tripathy - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Insertion of fins and turbulators is one of the effective approaches to augment the restricted
heat transfer characteristics of an air-based flat plate solar collector and the creation of …

Experimental studies and 3D simulations for the investigation of thermal performances of a solar air heater with different spiral-shaped baffles heights

WB Amara, A Bouabidi - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
A new design of Solar Air Heater (SAH) with spiral flow path is studied experimentally and
numerically. The spiral-shaped SAH performance is studied at various mass flow rates, inlet …

Performance enhancement of heat sink with branched and interrupted fins

R Ray, A Mohanty, P Patro, KC Tripathy - International Communications in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Efficient cooling of the electronic device is of paramount importance for its safe and reliable
operation. Therefore, the present study makes a performance analysis of branched and …

Effect of new design of elongated jet hole on thermal efficiency of solar air heater

HK Pazarlıoğlu, AÜ Tepe, M Tekir, K Arslan - Thermal Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Effect of new design of elongated jet hole on the thermal efficiency (η th) of a solar
air heater (SAH) has been numerically studied in this paper. Jet im**ement technique …

Multi objective optimization of cylindrical shape roughness parameters in a solar air heater

LN Azadani, N Gharouni - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Roughening the absorber plate of a solar air heater is a convenient technique to increase
the rate of heat transfer. This study aimed to investigate the effect of discrete cylindrical …

Energy and exergy analysis of a cross flow solar air heater for thermohydraulic performance augmentation

AK Hegde, R Pai, KV Karanth - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
This study numerically examines the enhancement of thermo-hydraulic efficiency of a cross
flow solar air heater (SAH) for Reynolds number ranging from 3000 to 21000. The thermal …

Thermal performance augmentation in a solar air heater with twisted multiple V–baffles

T Chompookham, S Eiamsa–ard, K Buanak… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
A 3D numerical investigation of thermal performance augmentation of a twisted multiple V–
baffles in a solar air heater is presented. Two important functions of the twisted multiple V …