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 …

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 …

Exergetic performance prediction of solar air heater using MLP, GRNN and RBF models of artificial neural network technique

HK Ghritlahre, RK Prasad - Journal of environmental management, 2018 - Elsevier
In the present study three different types of neural models: multi-layer perceptron (MLP),
generalized regression neural network (GRNN) and radial basis function (RBF) has been …

Thermo-hydraulic performance of a solar air heater with staggered C-shape finned absorber plate

A Saravanan, M Murugan, MS Reddy, PS Ranjit… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
An experimental investigation has been carried out to study the thermo-hydraulic
performance of a solar air heater with staggered multiple C-shape perforated and non …

Energy-exergy and enviro-economic survey of solar air heaters with various air channel modifications

AD Tuncer, A Khanlari, A Sözen, EY Gürbüz, C Şirin… - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Solar air heaters (SAHs) are generally used in different applications because of their simple
structure, low setup cost, and also their higher energy conversion efficiency. In this study, a v …

Impacts of adding porous media on performance of double-pass solar air heater under natural and forced air circulation processes

MMM Salih, OR Alomar, HNS Yassien - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents an experimental work on two trapezoidal double-pass solar air heaters
(DPSAH) having double glass covers under natural and forced air circulation conditions to …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental study of heat transfer and thermal performance with longitudinal fins of solar air heater

F Chabane, N Moummi, S Benramache - Journal of advanced research, 2014 - Elsevier
The thermal performance of a single pass solar air heater with five fins attached was
investigated experimentally. Longitudinal fins were used inferior the absorber plate to …

Comprehensive energy, exergy, enviro-exergy, and thermo-hydraulic performance assessment of a flat plate solar air heater with different obstacles

VM Avargani, S Zendehboudi, A Rahimi… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although obstacles on the absorber surface of a solar air heater (SAH) can increase the
thermal efficiency by creating turbulent conditions, they might reduce the system's exergy …

Energy and exergy analysis of a new flat-plate solar air heater having different obstacles on absorber plates

EK Akpinar, F Koçyiğit - Applied energy, 2010 - Elsevier
This study experimentally investigates performance analysis of a new flat-plate solar air
heater (SAH) with several obstacles (Type I, Type II, Type III) and without obstacles (Type …

Carbon nanotubes/paraffin wax nanocomposite for improving the performance of a solar air heating system

NA Habib, AJ Ali, MT Chaichan, M Kareem - Thermal Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The study aims to demonstrate the possibility of taking advantage of the high solar radiation
in Iraq effectively in heating the air for worming rooms and buildings in winter. The optimal …