Experimental and numerical methods for the performance analysis of a tubular three-pass solar air heater

OK Maurya, JP Ekka, D Kumar, D Dewangan, A Singh - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
A new absorber surface is designed for solar air heaters to make them compact and
enhance heat transfer parameters. The current paper presents the novel absorber design …

A review on artificial roughened solar air heaters with and without thermal energy storage

A Hedau, RP Saini - International Journal of Green Energy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Solar energy is one of the renewable energy sources having the potential to play a
significant role in fulfilling increasing energy demand. There are various solar energy …

Comprehensive evaluation of a novel indirect hybrid solar dryer: Conventional and advanced exergy analysis

AH Aghdam, SH Shaltouki, AH Nikpey - Thermal Science and Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Drying foods, fruits, and vegetables is essential for preservation in the agricultural industry.
Solar dryers also play an important role in reducing the amount of greenhouse gas …

Dynamic simulation and thermoeconomic analysis of a novel indirect hybrid solar dryer

AH Nikpey, AH Aghdam, SH Shaltouki - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Indirect solar dryers represent a clean and sustainable solution for drying foods, fruits, and
vegetables. In this research, the performance of a novel indirect hybrid solar dryer has been …

[PDF][PDF] A review on solar flat plate air collector with different design modifications

A Prakash, M Kumar, H Manchanda… - International …, 2022 - researchgate.net
In this review paper different design modifications of solar air collector have been discussed.
Modifications include increase in number of fluid passes, corrugating and roughening the …

Solar Air Heater with Artificial Roughness in the Form of U-shaped Turbulators: CFD-based Performance Analysis

M Sharma, M Bhargva, NK Batra, RK Behl - Journal of Solar Energy …, 2023 - jser.ut.ac.ir
In the present study, a solar air heater U shaped turbulators integrated on the absorber plate
with artificial roughness has been subjected to computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis …

Thermodynamic Analysis of ORC-GT Hybrid Cycle and Thermal Recovery from Photovoltaic Panels

SD Farahani, M Borzabadi Farahani… - Journal of Solar Energy …, 2022 - jser.ut.ac.ir
Biomass and solar energy are considered attractive renewable energy sources for power
generation plants. In this research, the thermodynamic analysis of the organic Rankine cycle …