A comprehensive review of rectangular duct solar air heaters featuring artificial roughness

R Shankar, R Kumar, AK Pandey, DS Thakur - Clean Energy, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Solar air heaters (SAHs) are widely used solar thermal systems with applications in diverse
sectors. However, its effectiveness is restrained by low convective heat transfer (HT) …

Experimental thermal performance of a solar air heater with rectangular fins and phase change material

P Balakrishnan, SK Vishnu, J Muthukumaran… - Journal of Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
The present experimental investigation examines the thermal efficiency of a forced
convection solar air heater (SAH) using rectangular fins and paraffin wax as a phase change …

Experimental analysis of a solar air heater using waste mild steel chips as a sensible heat storage material

H Das, P Dutta, PP Dutta, PK Choudhury - Environmental Science and …, 2024 - Springer
Heat storage materials improve the utility of solar air heaters (SAHs) after sunset. This study
investigates an improved solar air heater (SAH) performance with baffles and waste mild …

Optimizing of a metal foam-assisted solar air heater performance: a thermo-hydraulic analysis of porous insert placement

K Al-Chlaihawi, M Hasan, A Ekaid - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
A numerical assessment of the heat transfer efficacy of a solar air heater (SAH) was carried
out. The SAH is supplied with a porous metal foam layer to improve thermal mixing. Both the …