Review of heat transfer enhancement methods: Focus on passive methods using swirl flow devices

M Sheikholeslami, M Gorji-Bandpy, DD Ganji - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2015 - Elsevier
Economic reasons (material and energy saving) leads to make efforts for making more
efficient heat exchange. The heat transfer enhancement techniques are widely used in many …

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 detailed review of various types of solar air heaters performance

HK Ghritlahre, M Verma, JS Parihar, DS Mondloe… - Solar energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar energy is an endless and environmentally benign renewable energy source. Among
all the forms of solar thermal energy systems, solar air heater is the major system which is …

Performance enhancement of a greenhouse dryer: Analysis of a cost-effective alternative solar air heater

A Khanlari, A Sözen, C Şirin, AD Tuncer… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Solar energy is a clean and sustainable energy source that is widely accessible and can be
utilized to organize more sustainable systems in future. In the present work, the thermal …

Artificially roughened solar air heating technology–A comprehensive review

YD Khimsuriya, DK Patel, Z Said, H Panchal… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
For various heating applications like space heating, timber seasoning, food drying, HVAC
processes, water desalination processes, etc., where a low to medium heating source is …

Energy-exergy and sustainability analysis of a PV-driven quadruple-flow solar drying system

A Khanlari, A Sözen, F Afshari, AD Tuncer - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Solar energy as a clean energy source is widely investigated to find out the effective
mechanisms to meet a large part of energy demand in the near future. In the present …

3D simulation and parametric optimization of a solar air heater with a novel staggered cuboid baffles

H Parsa, M Saffar-Avval, MR Hajmohammadi - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermal performance enhancement of solar air heaters is critical for efficient utilization of
energy. In the present work, a numerical study and parametric optimization of turbulent …

Solar air heaters: Design configurations, improvement methods and applications–A detailed review

AE Kabeel, MH Hamed, ZM Omara… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
This article aims to present a review of the literature dealing with improvement methods,
design configurations and applications of different types of solar air heaters (SAHs). Different …

Experimental and numerical investigations of a single and double pass porous serpentine wavy wiremesh packed bed solar air heater

S Singh - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
This research work presents the thermal performance investigation of a porous serpentine
wavy wiremesh packed bed solar air heater, experimentally and numerically. Experimental …

Improvement of solar air heaters performance with PCM-filled baffles and storage bed

H Parsa, M Saffar-Avval, MR Hajmohammadi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar air heaters (SAHs) are popular solar energy collection systems due to their simple
design and construction. However, conventional SAHs face limitations, including a small …