Augmented v-corrugated absorber plate using shot-blasting for solar air heater–Energy, Exergy, Economic, and Environmental (4E) analysis

PG Kumar, VS Vigneswaran, K Balaji… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Need for increasing the shelf life of agricultural produce using renewable energy based A
decentralized system are significantly increasing. The solar air heating systems (SAHs) are …

CFD analysis of the influence of distinct thermal enhancement techniques on the efficiency of double pass solar air heater (DP-SAH)

S Kumar, U Kumar, S Chandini, S Chand… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study examines the previous research work on double-pass solar air heater (DP-SAH)
using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) techniques. Solar air heaters convert solar …

Design a low-cost, medium-scale, flat plate solar air heater: an experimental and simulation study

S Abbas, Y Yuan, A Hassan, J Zhou, W Ji, T Yu… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The most efficient solar air heater is expensive, and attempts to reduce costs lead to reduced
efficiency. The current study presents a low-cost, medium-scale, flat plate solar air heater's …

Performance enhancement of a double pass solar air heater by using curved reflector: Experimental investigation

EMS El-Said, MA Gohar, A Ali, GB Abdelaziz - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
In this research, a double pass solar air heater with a corrugated absorber plate and built-in
external reflector is adopted to improve its thermo-hydraulic performance. The proposed …

Exploring the performance of an indirect solar dryer by combining three augmentation approaches (trapezoidal absorber, shot blasting, and pebble stone)

P GaneshKumar, P Sundaram, A Sathishkumar… - Journal of Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
The shelf life of food products can be increased by reducing their moisture content with the
aid of solar dryers. However, the poor efficiency of solar collectors increases the time and …

Natural convective solar dryer powered by stepped fin plate integrated trough array solar air heater for agricultural produce preservations

R Prakash, R Kamatchi - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, heat energy analysis and economic feasibility of natural convection mixed mode
solar dryer under three different methods viz., normal flat plate collector solar dryer (NFPSD) …

Performance augmentation of solar air heater using absorber with multi-functional encapsulated PCM tubes

E Vengadesan, V Dhinakaran, S Senthil… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Under fluctuating solar radiation, attaining higher air temperatures for an extended period
using solar air heaters (SAH) is challenging. The current study deals with the heat transfer …

Exploring the thermal performance of a solar air heater with a V-corrugated and shot-blasted absorber plate comprising nano-enhanced phase change materials

P GaneshKumar, VS Vigneswaran, P Murugan… - Journal of Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
This research aims to carry out an experimental investigation into the performance of a solar
air heater using phase change materials in combination with V-corrugated absorber plates …

[HTML][HTML] Three-dimensional analysis of a novel solar air heater conception, for an improved heat transfer and energy conversion

JE Salhi, AA Merrouni, A Amrani, E Chaabelasri… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar air heating systems remain expensive, so we conducted a parametric analyzis to
enhance their performance. The study focuses on a solar air heating system with a new …

Design, fabrication and investigations of natural convection step serrated fin plate integrated trough array low-cost collector for solar air heating: An application to …

R Prakash, R Kamatchi - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper establishes the design modification procedure for flat plate solar thermal collector
and investigates the performance by incorporating a specially designed low-cost Step …