A review of solar air flat plate collector for drying application

A Fudholi, K Sopian - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
In this review, we present the fundamental mechanisms and descriptions of solar collectors,
which are indispensable components of solar dryers. Then, analysis methods typically used …

Exergy and sustainability index of photovoltaic thermal (PVT) air collector: A theoretical and experimental study

A Fudholi, M Zohri, NSB Rukman, NS Nazri… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents a review of the exergy and sustainability index of solar thermal systems.
The review includes exergy analyses of solar collectors, solar drying systems and …

Efficiency enhancement of solar air heater collector by modifying jet im**ement with v-corrugated absorber plate

OR Alomar, HM Abd, MMM Salih - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
The current work involves an experimental investigation of a modified v-corrugated absorber
plate to get a better performance of the Solar Air Heater (SAH) collector. The thermal …

Energy analysis and improvement potential of finned double-pass solar collector

A Fudholi, K Sopian, MY Othman, MH Ruslan… - Energy Conversion and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Steady state energy balance equations for the finned double-pass solar collector have been
developed. These equations were solved using the matrix inversion method. The predicted …

Performance and cost benefits analysis of double-pass solar collector with and without fins

A Fudholi, K Sopian, MH Ruslan, MY Othman - Energy conversion and …, 2013 - Elsevier
The performance and cost benefit analysis of double-pass solar collector with and without
fins have been conducted. The theoretical model using steady state analysis has been …

[HTML][HTML] Thermohydraulic correlations and exergy analysis of a solar air heater duct with inclined baffles

NT Luan, NM Phu - Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents the development of the Nusselt number and friction factor correlations of
a solar air collector with inclined baffles on the basis of experimental data. An evaluation of …

Exergy and improvement potential of hybrid photovoltaic thermal/thermoelectric (PVT/TE) air collector

NS Nazri, A Fudholi, W Mustafa, CH Yen… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, a review of exergy and improvement potential (IP) of solar thermal systems is
presented. The review includes exergy analysis of photovoltaic thermal (PVT) systems, solar …

Energetic and exergetic efficiency analysis of a v-corrugated solar air heater integrated with twisted tape inserts

AA Farhan, AIM Ali, HE Ahmed - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The present study provides an analytical and numerical investigation of the energy and
exergy analysis of a v-corrugated solar air heater (VCSAH) integrated with twisted tape …

Exergy loss-based efficiency optimization of a double-pass/glazed v-corrugated plate solar air heater

M Hedayatizadeh, F Sarhaddi, A Safavinejad… - Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The main objective of the present study is to perform an in-depth exergetic analysis of a
double-pass/glazed v-corrugated plate solar air heater based on exergy loss terms …

Experimental investigation on a modified design of hemispherical solar distiller with v-corrugated iron trays and wick materials for improving freshwater production

MEH Attia, M Zayed, M Abdelgaied, S Sharshir… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
The low energy efficiency of the solar distillers is one of the key barriers to their effectual
usage in the desalination domain. Hence, this work introduces an experimental investigation …