A review on thermal performance and heat transfer augmentation in solar air heater

SL Sharma, A Debbarma - International Journal of Sustainable …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Development in solar air collectors have increased because of the renewable and non-
polluting sources of energy. The present study focused on artificial roughness, vortex …

Matrix solar air heaters–A review

K Rajarajeswari, A Sreekumar - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Improvement of thermal performance of a solar air heater can be obtained by enhancing the
rate of heat transfer. Thermal efficiency of matrix solar air heater is higher in comparison to …

Optimization of solar air heaters performance using parallel porous wire mesh: energy, exergy, and enviro-economic analyses

R Fattoum, A Hidouri, MEH Attia, M Arıcı… - Thermal Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This research conducts an experimental analysis of a solar air heater (SAH) with and without
a porous wire mesh, focusing on energy, exergy, and enviro-economic aspects …

Heat transfer enhancement of solar collector by placing wire mesh stainless porous material on the solar absorber plate of indirect forced convection solar dryer

B Krittacom, S Bunchan, R Luampon - Thermal Science and Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Indirect forced convection solar dryers are a common technology in solar drying. The flat
plate solar collector is an essential device that absorbs heat from solar radiation in order to …

Review on matrix thermal absorber designs for solar air collector

AA Razak, ZAA Majid, WH Azmi, MH Ruslan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Solar thermal absorber is the main component of solar air collector. It absorbs solar radiation
and converting energy received to thermal energy and transferring the energy by means of …

On the use of longitudinal fins to enhance the performance in rectangular duct of solar air heaters—a review

MK Sahu, M Sharma… - Journal of Solar …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The objective of the present article is to present a detailed review of the research carried out
on the use of extended surface in the form of longitudinal fins, with its different shapes …

An experimental investigation of performance of a double pass solar air heater with thermal storage medium

HM Ali, AI Bhatti, M Ali - Thermal Science, 2015 - doiserbia.nb.rs
The performance of a double pass solar air heater was experimentally investigated using
four different configurations. First configuration contained only absorber plate whereas …

Exergy evaluation of packed bed solar air heater

MK Lalji, RM Sarviya, JL Bhagoria - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2012 - Elsevier
In view of above present investigation is planned with the following. The present
investigation has been carried out with the following objectives: The present study involved …

[HTML][HTML] Heat transfer optimization in air flat plate solar collectors integrated with baffles

R Bakari - Journal of Power and Energy Engineering, 2018 - scirp.org
This paper presents an experimental analysis for comparisons of conventional flat plate
solar collectors and collectors integrated with different numbers of baffles. Heat transfer …

Preparation and characterization of nanographite-and CuO-based absorber and performance evaluation of solar air-heating collector

T Vasantha Malliga, RV Jeba Rajasekhar - Journal of Thermal Analysis …, 2017 - Springer
Nanostructured absorbers and novel collectors are to be developed so as to reap the
enhanced thermal performance of solar thermal gadgets. In this connection, the …